- Hydnocarpus
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Hydnocarpus Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Malpighiales Family: Achariaceae Genus: Hydnocarpus
GaertnerSpecies See text
Synonyms - Asteriastigma Bedd.
- Dankia Gagnep.
- Taraktogenos Hassk.[1]
Hydnocarpus is a genus of medium to large trees of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, having alternate leaves, small dioecious racemose flowers, and capsular fruits of which several are sources of chaulmoogra oil and hydnocarpus oil.
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Characteristics
Hydnocarpus anthelmintica is host to the Peacock mite Tuckerella filipina.
Medicinal uses
Chaulmoogra oil, extracted from H. wightiana was an early treatment for leprosy.
Species
- (may contain synonyms)
- Hydnocarpus alcalae
- Hydnocarpus alpina Wight
- Hydnocarpus alpina Wight var. elongata Boerl.,
- Hydnocarpus alpina Wight var. macrocarpa Boerl.,
- Hydnocarpus annamensis
- Hydnocarpus annamicus
- Hydnocarpus anomalus
- Hydnocarpus anthelminticus
- Hydnocarpus beccarianus
- Hydnocarpus borneensis
- Hydnocarpus calophyllus
- Hydnocarpus calvipetalus
- Hydnocarpus castanea
- Hydnocarpus cauliflora
- Hydnocarpus clemensorum
- Hydnocarpus corymbosa
- Hydnocarpus crassifolius
- Hydnocarpus cucurbitina
- Hydnocarpus curtisii
- Hydnocarpus dawnensis
- Hydnocarpus elmeri
- Hydnocarpus filipes
- Hydnocarpus glaucescens
- Hydnocarpus gracilis
- Hydnocarpus grandiflorus
- Hydnocarpus hainanensis
- Hydnocarpus heteroclita
- Hydnocarpus humei
- Hydnocarpus ilicifolia
- Hydnocarpus inebrians
- Hydnocarpus kingii
- Hydnocarpus kuenstleri
- Hydnocarpus kurzii (= H. heterophyllus)
- Hydnocarpus laevis
- Hydnocarpus lanceolata
- Hydnocarpus lasionema
- Hydnocarpus laurifolius
- Hydnocarpus macrocarpa
- Hydnocarpus merrillianus
- Hydnocarpus microcarpus
- Hydnocarpus moluocana
- Hydnocarpus nana
- Hydnocarpus obtusa
- Hydnocarpus octandra
- Hydnocarpus odoratus
- Hydnocarpus ovoidea
- Hydnocarpus palawanensis
- Hydnocarpus pentagynus
- Hydnocarpus pentandrus
- Hydnocarpus pinguis
- Hydnocarpus piscidia
- Hydnocarpus polyandra
- Hydnocarpus polypetalus
- Hydnocarpus punctifer
- Hydnocarpus quadrasii
- Hydnocarpus saigonensis
- Hydnocarpus scortechinii
- Hydnocarpus serrata
- Hydnocarpus setumpul
- Hydnocarpus sharmae
- Hydnocarpus stigmatophorus
- Hydnocarpus subfalcata
- Hydnocarpus subinteger
- Hydnocarpus sumatrana
- Hydnocarpus sumatrana (Miq.) (= H. hutchinsonii)
- Hydnocarpus tamiana
- Hydnocarpus tenuipetalus
- Hydnocarpus tomentosa
- Hydnocarpus unonifolia
- Hydnocarpus venenata Gaertn.
- Hydnocarpus verrucosus
- Hydnocarpus wightiana Blume
- Hydnocarpus woodii
- Hydnocarpus wrayi
- Hydnocarpus yatesii
References
- ^ "Hydnocarpus Gaertn.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-03-30. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?5886. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
External links
Categories:- Hydnocarpus
- Malpighiales stubs
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