mahogany family
Meliaceae
Meliaceae, the mahogany family, is a flowering plant family of mostly trees and shrubs (and a few herbaceous plants, mangroves) in the order Sapindales.
They are characterised by alternate, usually pinnate leaves without stipules, and by syncarpous, apparently cryptically unisexual flowers borne in panicles, cymes, spikes or clusters. Most species are evergreen, but some are deciduous, either in the dry season or in winter.
39 branches of this family, most-observed first
Melioideae
subfamilyMelioideae
Cedreloideae
subfamilyCedreloideae
Aglaia
genusAglaia
Mahoganies
genusTrichilia
Didymocheton
genusDidymocheton
Guarea
genusGuarea
Synoum
genusSynoum
Ekebergia
genusEkebergia
Turraea
genusTurraea
Dysoxylum
genusDysoxylum
Chinese Lanterns
genusNymania
Cabralea
genusCabralea
Owenia
genusOwenia
Aphanamixis
genusAphanamixis
Cipadessa
genusCipadessa
Epicharis
genusEpicharis
Lansium
genusLansium
Anthocarapa
genusAnthocarapa
Naregamia
genusNaregamia
Prasoxylon
genusPrasoxylon
Malleastrum
genusMalleastrum
Ruagea
genusRuagea
Chisocheton
genusChisocheton
Goniocheton
genusGoniocheton
Munronia
genusMunronia
Humbertioturraea
genusHumbertioturraea
Reinwardtiodendron
genusReinwardtiodendron
Leplaea
genusLeplaea
Turraeanthus
genusTurraeanthus
Pseudobersama
genusPseudobersama
Heckeldora
genusHeckeldora
Turraea kindtii
speciesTurraea kindtii
Turraea cauliflora
speciesTurraea cauliflora
Pseudocarapa
genusPseudocarapa
Sphaerosacme
genusSphaerosacme
Calodecaryia
genusCalodecaryia
Pterorhachis
genusPterorhachis
Neoguarea
genusNeoguarea
Pseudoclausena
genusPseudoclausena
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53724.