Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum

Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum
Ivory mahogany near Lacey Creek, Queensland
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Meliaceae
Genus: Dysoxylum
Species: D. gaudichaudianum
Binomial name
Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum
Hyland, 1983

Dysoxylum gaudichaudianum is a species of plant in the Meliaceae family; its common name is ivory mahogany.[1]

Taxonomy

Named for French botanist Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré; also named D. decandrum.

Description

Large tree of the Mahogany family, up to 36 metres (118 ft) in height; notable for large compound leaves with conspicuous uneven bases, which tend to radiate into spherical clumps.

Clusters of large pinnately compound leaves

Distribution and Habitat

Occurs in Malesia, Christmas Island, Australia from the Cape York Peninsula to the Mary River, South East Queensland, and islands of the South-West Pacific, in lowland rainforest to 300m abl.

References

  1. Cooper, Wendy. "Fruits of the Australian tropical rainforest" (2004): 268.

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