Madhuca

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Madhuca

Genus of flowering plants

Madhuca is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae first described as a genus in 1791.[3][4][5]

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Madhuca is native to south, east, and southeast Asia and Papuasia (from India to China to New Guinea).[2][6]

Species

Plants of the World Online[1] currently lists more than 110 species:

References

  1. [1]
    Plants of the World Online: Madhuca Buch.-Ham. ex J.F.Gmel. (retrieved 27 November 2020)
  2. [2]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. [3]
    Gmelin, Johann Friedrich. 1791. Systema Naturae . . . editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata 2: 773, 799 in Latin
  4. [4]
    Tropicos, Madhuca Ham. ex J.F. Gmel.
  5. [5]
    Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington, D. (2001 publ. 2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae: 1-364. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  6. [6]
    Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 205 紫荆木属 zi jing mu shu Madhuca Hamilton ex J. F. Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 2: 799. 1791.

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