Madhuca

Madhuca
Madhuca pasquieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Sapotoideae
Genus: Madhuca
J.F.Gmel.
Type species
Madhuca indica
J.F. Gmel.
Synonyms
  • Bassia J.Koenig ex L. 1771, illegitimate homonym not Bassia All. 1766. (Amaranthaceae)
  • Aesandra Pierre
  • Azaola Blanco
  • Kakosmanthus Hassk.
  • Cacosmanthus Miq.
  • Dasyaulus Thwaites
  • Aesandra Pierre ex L.Planch.
  • Illipe F.Muell.
  • Vidoricum Rumph. ex Kuntze
  • Ganua Pierre ex Dubard
  • Dasillipe Dubard

Madhuca is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae first described as a genus in 1791.

Madhuca is native to south, east, and southeast Asia and Papuasia (from India to China to New Guinea).

Species

Plants of the World Online currently lists more than 110 species:

References

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