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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: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Fagales

            • Family: Fagaceae

              • Genus: Lithocarpus