Lithocarpus xylocarpus

(Lithocarpus xylocarpus)

Description

Xylocarpus is a genus of plants in the mahogany family (Meliaceae). It includes two or three species of mangroves, native to coastal mangrove forests of the Western and Central Indo-Pacific, from eastern Africa to Tonga. Xylocarpus is the only mangrove genus in family Meliaceae.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Fagales
Family:Fagaceae
Genus:Lithocarpus
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