Kydia
Sign in to saveKydia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, found in the Indian subcontinent, southern China and Southeast Asia. Some sources consider it to be monotypic, with Kydia calycina the only species; certainly K. calycina is the beststudied species, as it is widely exploited, even cultivated, for timber and fiber.
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalvales
- FamilyMalvaceae
Native toAssam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand
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Kydia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, found in the Indian subcontinent, southern China and Southeast Asia. Some sources consider it to be monotypic, with Kydia calycina the only species; certainly K. calycina is the beststudied species, as it is widely exploited, even cultivated, for timber and fiber.
==Species== Currently accepted species include: Kydia calycina Roxb. Kydia glabrescens Mast.