Hydnocarpus

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Hydnocarpus
File:Hydnocarpus macrocarpa-3-mundanthurai-tirunelveli-India.jpg
Hydnocarpus macrocarpus fruit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Achariaceae
Genus: Hydnocarpus
Gaertn.
Species

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Synonyms
  • Asteriastigma Bedd.
  • Dankia Gagnep.
  • Taraktogenos Hassk.[1]

Hydnocarpus[2] is a genus of medium to large trees in the family Achariaceae; the genus was previously placed in the now defunct family Flacourtiaceae. Species have been recorded from Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Characteristics

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Hydnocarpus has alternate leaves, small dioecious racemose flowers, and capsules of which several are sources of chaulmoogra oil and hydnocarpus oil. A species of Hydnocarpus is thought to host to the Peacock mite Tuckerella filipina.[citation needed]

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Hydnocarpus alpinus flower
File:Hydnocarpus alpina leaves.JPG
Hydnocarpus alpinus leaves
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Hydnocarpus pentandra leaves

Species

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Plants of the World Online currently includes:[3]

Note: A number of species were formerly in Taraktogenos.

References

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  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Gaertner (1788) De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum: accedunt seminum centuriae quinque priores cum tabulis Aeneis LXXIX. Stutgardiae, Tubingae 288. t. 60.
  3. ^ Plants of the World Online: Hydnocarpus Gaertn. (retrieved 11 June 2020)
  4. ^ POWO: Pierre ex Laness. (retrieved 11 </[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-50120563 The Plant List: Pierre ex Laness. (retrieved 11 June 2020)
  5. ^ POWO: Hydnocarpus wightianus Blume (retrieved 11 June 2020)
  6. ^ The Plant List: Hydnocarpus wightianus Blume (retrieved 11 June 2020)
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