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Pimelodendron
Sign in to savePimelodendron is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1855. It is native to insular Southeast Asia, Thailand, Papuasia, and Queensland.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyEuphorbiaceae
General: species in New Guinea: Pimelodendron amboinicum Hassk.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 144
- With media
- 134
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Collections
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- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Solomon Islands
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Pimelodendron is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1855. It is native to insular Southeast Asia, Thailand, Papuasia, and Queensland.
These are small and large trees, with red to brown bark. The tree has white or yellow, spotty exudate and also contains some latex. The leaves are in general tightly bunched at the end of twigs. Species Pimelodendron amboinicum Hassk. - Lesser Sunda Is, Sulawesi, Maluku, New Guinea, Bismarks, Solomons, Queensland Pimelodendron griffithianum (Müll.Arg.) Benth. ex Hook.f. - S Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra Pimelodendron macrocarpum J.J.Sm. - W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra Pimelodendron zoanthogyne J.J.Sm. - W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra Formerly included moved to Actephila Pimelodendron dispersum - Actephila excelsa var. javanica
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