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Eusideroxylon

Eusideroxylon is a genus of evergreen trees belonging to the Lauraceae family. The genus is possibly monotypic; it includes one accepted species (E. zwageri) and one that is "unresolved" (E. melagangai). It is present in coastal and montane rainforests of Southeast Asia, and in laurel forest habitat. Eusideroxylon are hardwood trees reaching up to 50 metres in height with trunks over 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in diameter, producing commercially valuable timber. The wood of E. zwageri...

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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 61360.