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Phaleria
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Phaleria is flowering plant genus of about 25 species in the family Thymelaeaceae, which range from Sri Lanka to Malesia, Papuasia, northern and eastern Australia, and the tropical Pacific Islands.
Species
Genus
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyTenebrionidae
General: Phaleria species are usually found in the rain forest
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 861
- With media
- 238
- Family
- Thymelaeaceae
- Collections
- MEL, MICH, BYU, BRIT
- Recorded in
- Fiji, Papua New Guinea, United States, Philippines, Samoa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Thymelaeaceae
- Image
- Suwa-suwa tree.jpg
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- homonymous taxon
- Phaleria
- taxon name
- Phaleria
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Phaleria
- Commons category
- Phaleria
- taxon common name
- 皇冠果属
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Uses
- Species
- Taxonomy and phylogeny
- References
Phaleria is flowering plant genus of about 25 species in the family Thymelaeaceae, which range from Sri Lanka to Malesia, Papuasia, northern and eastern Australia, and the tropical Pacific Islands.
==Uses== Some species, like the mahkota dewa are known to produce agarwood. Many others have long histories of use in traditional medicine like delal a kar (which translates to "the mother of medicines") which is used as a panacea by Palauans.
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