Dysoxylum rufescens dzumacense (Dysoxylum rufescens dzumacense)
Description
Dysoxylum is a flowering plant genus of trees and shrubs, constituting part of the mahogany family (Meliaceae).Botanical science has recorded about eighty species in this genus, growing widely across the regions of Malesia, the western Pacific ocean, Australia and south & south-eastern Asia; centred on the tropics between the Pacific and Indian Oceans.They grow naturally in New Guinea, eastern and northern Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji, SE Asia, southern China, the Indian subcontinent, the Philippines, Taiwan, and in the western Pacific Ocean their most easterly occurrences, in the Caroline Islands, New Zealand and Niue.The etymology of its name Dysoxylum derives from the Greek word -Dys- meaning "bad" referring to "ill-smelling" and -Xylon- meaning "wood".
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Sapindales
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Family: Meliaceae
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Genus: Dysoxylum
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