Prasoxylon excelsum
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Meliaceae |
| Genus: | Prasoxylon |
| Species: | P. excelsum
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| Binomial name | |
| Prasoxylon excelsum | |
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Prasoxylon excelsum is a tree in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet excelsum is from the Latin meaning 'tall'.[2]
Description
[edit | edit source]The tree grows up to 36 metres (120 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of up to 80 centimetres (31 in). The sweetly scented flowers are cream-coloured or pinkish white. The fruits are brown when ripe, roundish to pear-shaped and measure up to 5 cm (2 in) in diameter.[2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit | edit source]Prasoxylon excelsum is found in Sri Lanka, Nepal, northeast India, southern China, Indochina, and throughout Malesia and Papuasia. Its habitat is rain forest from sea-level to 1,000 metres (3,000 ft) elevation.[2]
References
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- Meliaceae
- Flora of Assam (region)
- Flora of Bangladesh
- Flora of South-Central China
- Flora of Southeast China
- Flora of East Himalaya
- Flora of Indo-China
- Flora of Malesia
- Flora of Nepal
- Flora of Papuasia
- Flora of Sri Lanka
- Flora of Tibet
- Trees of China
- Plants described in 1825
- Taxa named by Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel
- Meliaceae stubs
- Rosid tree stubs