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Species of tree from tropical Asia
Prasoxylon alliaceum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade :
Tracheophytes
Clade :
Angiosperms
Clade :
Eudicots
Clade :
Rosids
Order:
Sapindales
Family:
Meliaceae
Genus:
Prasoxylon
Species:
P. alliaceum
Binomial name
Prasoxylon alliaceum
Synonyms
[2]
Alliaria acuminatissima
Kuntze (1891)
Alliaria costulata Kuntze (1891)
Alliaria fraterna (Miq.) Kuntze (1891)
Alliaria glabra (C.DC.) Kuntze (1891)
Alliaria lampongum Kuntze (1891)
Alliaria miqueliana (C.DC.) Kuntze (1891)
Alliaria nageliana (C.DC.) Kuntze (1891)
Alliaria similis (Spreng.) Kuntze (1891)
Alliaria thyrsoidea (Hiern) Kuntze (1891)
Alliaria vrieseana (C.DC.) Kuntze (1891)
Amoora oligosperma
Pierre (1897)
Chisocheton dempoensis
Baker f. (1924)
Dysoxylum aculeatissimum
Steud. (1840), orth. var.
Dysoxylum acuminatissimum Blume ex M.Roem. (1846)
Dysoxylum alliaceum (Blume) Blume ex A.Juss. (1832)
Dysoxylum alliaceum var. lanceolatum
Koord. &
Valeton (1896)
Dysoxylum alliaceum var. laxiflorum (Blume ex G.Don)
C.DC. (1878)
Dysoxylum alliaceum var. pauciflorum Koord. & Valeton (1896)
Dysoxylum apoense Elmer (1937), no Latin descr.
Dysoxylum archboldianum
Merr. &
L.M.Perry (1940)
Dysoxylum brachycalycinum
Harms (1942)
Dysoxylum brevipes
Hiern (1875)
Dysoxylum costulatum (
Miq. ) Miq. (1868)
Dysoxylum dempoense (Baker f.) Harms (1940)
Dysoxylum euphlebium Merr. (1914)
Dysoxylum excelsum var. glabriflorum Miq. (1868)
Dysoxylum fraternum Miq. (1868)
Dysoxylum glabrum
C.DC. (1878)
Dysoxylum klemmei Merr. (1909)
Dysoxylum lampongum Miq. (1861)
Dysoxylum lanceolatum Elmer (1937), no Latin descr.
Dysoxylum laxiflorum Blume ex G.Don (1831)
Dysoxylum longifolium Blume ex M.Roem. (1846)
Dysoxylum macrothyrsum Miq. (1868), nom. illeg.
Dysoxylum miquelianum C.DC. (1878)
Dysoxylum monticola Harms (1942)
Dysoxylum nagelianum C.DC. (1878)
Dysoxylum platyphyllum Merr. (1913)
Dysoxylum pulchrum
Ridl. (1917)
Dysoxylum rostratum Merr. (1914)
Dysoxylum sattelbergense Merr. & L.M.Perry (1940)
Dysoxylum simile (Spreng.) Blume ex G.Don (1831)
Dysoxylum thyrsoideum Hiern (1875)
Dysoxylum thyrsoideum var. andamanicum
King (1895)
Dysoxylum vrieseanum C.DC. (1878)
Guarea alliacea Blume (1824)
Hartighsea costulata Miq. (1861)
Trichilia similis Spreng. (1827)
Prasoxylon alliaceum is a tree in the family
Meliaceae . The
specific epithet alliaceum is from the
Latin meaning 'onion-like', referring to the smell of the inner bark.
[3]
The tree grows up to 38 metres (120 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of up to 80 centimetres (30 in). The sweetly scented flowers are white or pinkish. The fruits are greenish-white when unripe, red when ripe, roundish, up to 7.5 cm (3 in) in diameter.
[3]
Dysoxylum alliaceum is native to the
Andaman Islands ,
Myanmar ,
Thailand ,
Vietnam , and throughout
Malesia and
Papuasia to the
Solomon Islands and
Queensland .
[2] Its habitat is rain forests from sea-level to 1,800 metres (6,000 ft) elevation.
[3]
Prasoxylon alliaceum Dysoxylum alliaceum Guarea alliacea