Hydnocarpus

Hydnocarpus
Hydnocarpus macrocarpus fruit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Achariaceae
Genus: Hydnocarpus
Gaertn.
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Asteriastigma Bedd.
  • Dankia Gagnep.
  • Taraktogenos Hassk.[1]

Hydnocarpus[2] is a genus of medium to large trees in the Family Achariaceae; the genus was previously placed in the now defunct family Flacourtiaceae. Species have been recorded from Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Characteristics

Hydnocarpus has alternate leaves, small dioecious racemose flowers, and capsules of which several are sources of chaulmoogra oil and hydnocarpus oil. A species of Hydnocarpus is thought to host to the Peacock mite Tuckerella filipina.[citation needed]

Hydnocarpus alpinus flower
Hydnocarpus alpinus leaves
Hydnocarpus pentandra leaves

Species

Plants of the World Online currently includes:[3]

Note: A number of species were formerly in Taraktogenos.

References

  1. ^ "Hydnocarpus Gaertn". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-03-30. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  2. ^ Gaertner (1788) De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum: accedunt seminum centuriae quinque priores cum tabulis Aeneis LXXIX. Stutgardiae, Tubingae 288. t. 60.
  3. ^ Plants of the World Online: Hydnocarpus Gaertn. (retrieved 11 June 2020)
  4. ^ POWO: Hydnocarpus anthelminthicus Pierre ex Laness. (retrieved 11 June 2020)
  5. ^ The Plant List: Hydnocarpus anthelminthicus Pierre ex Laness. (retrieved 11 June 2020)
  6. ^ POWO: Hydnocarpus wightianus Blume (retrieved 11 June 2020)
  7. ^ The Plant List: Hydnocarpus wightianus Blume (retrieved 11 June 2020)