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Meliaceae

40 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Sapindales › Meliaceae

Aglaia elaeagnoidea (A.Juss.) Benth.

Aglaia elaeagnoidea is a tree with hard bright red timber, used for construction and utensils, especially by Taiwanese aborigines.

Azadirachta indica A.Juss.

Azadirachta indica, the neem tree, is a drought-tolerant tropical tree with a long history of traditional human uses.

Cedrela odorata L.

Cedrela odorata (Spanish cedar) is a commercially valuable New World tropical tree that is invasive in the Galapagos Islands.

Didymocheton spectabilis (G.Forst.) Mabb. & Holzmeyer

Didymocheton spectabilis, commonly kohekohe, is a New Zealand tree with tropical traits, Māori uses, and recovering populations after possum control.

Ekebergia capensis Sparrm.

Ekebergia capensis Sparrm. is a variable evergreen tree native to seasonally dry tropical African habitats between 600 and 2650 m in altitude.

Melia azedarach L.

Melia azedarach L., the chinaberry tree, is a short-lived ornamental tree with toxic fruit, timber, and medicinal uses.

Nymania capensis (Thunb.) Lindb.

Nymania capensis is the only species in the Nymania genus, a South African shrub named for its distinctive lantern-shaped fruit.

Swietenia humilis Zucc.

Swietenia humilis, the small genuine mahogany, is an over-exploited tree with medicinal and insecticidal properties found in Central America.

Swietenia macrophylla G.King

Swietenia macrophylla (big-leaf mahogany) is a timber species studied for potential medicinal uses, with reported liver toxicity risks.

Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq.

Swietenia mahagoni, West Indian mahogany, is a valuable hardwood tree native to Florida and the West Indies, known for its rot-resistant, high-quality timber.

Synoum glandulosum (Sm.) A.Juss.

Synoum glandulosum, or scentless rosewood, is the only species in the monotypic Australian endemic evergreen genus Synoum in the Meliaceae family.

Toona ciliata M.Roem.

Toona ciliata M.Roem. is a large deciduous Australian tree valued for its popular red timber, now commercially extinct in much of its native range.

Toona sinensis (A.Juss.) M.Roem.

Toona sinensis is a deciduous tree valued for its edible leaves, timber, ornamental use, and reported medicinal properties.

Trichilia emetica (Forssk.) Vahl

Trichilia emetica is a separate-sexed evergreen tree native to parts of southern to tropical Africa, named for its emetic fruit.

Turraea obtusifolia Hochst.

Turraea obtusifolia is a small flowering Meliaceae plant native to southern Africa, grown in containers and bonsai.

Guarea guidonia (L.) Sleumer

Guarea guidonia is a flowering Meliaceae plant ranging from Cuba/Honduras to Argentina, whose bark is used as the expectorant cocillana.

Trichilia dregeana Sond.

Trichilia dregeana Sond. is a plant related to Natal mahogany, with distinct leaflets and characteristic seeds and fruit.

Aglaia odorata Lour.

Aglaia odorata Lour. is an evergreen small tree used in traditional medicine with researched anti-cancer components.

Aglaia rimosa (Blanco) Merr.

Aglaia rimosa is an evergreen small tree that contains the anticancer compound rocaglamide and has various local uses.

Dysoxylum mollissimum Blume

Didymocheton mollissimus is a Meliaceae tree, reclassified from Dysoxylum after a 2021 phylogenetic study of the genus.

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Didymocheton rufus (A.Rich.) Harms

Didymocheton rufus is usually a small to medium tree, growing much larger at Murray Scrub.

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Didymocheton fraserianus (A.Juss.) Mabb. & Hauenschild

Didymocheton fraserianus is a common Australian evergreen rainforest rosewood tree with toxic sawdust, widely used as a street tree and logged for timber.

Aphanamixis polystachya (Wall.) R.Parker

Aphanamixis polystachya is a 20m tree with non-edible oil and fine wood for construction and shipbuilding.

Cabralea canjerana (Vell.) Mart.

Cabralea canjerana is the only species in the Cabralea tree genus (Meliaceae), and it is dioecious.

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