Caenorhabditis elegans is a free-living, transparent nematode, about 1 mm in length, that lives in temperate soil environments. It is the type species of its genus. The name is a blend of the Greek caeno- (recent), rhabditis (rod-like) and Latin elegans (elegant). In 1900, Maupas initially named it Rhabditides elegans, Osche placed it in the subgenus Caenorhabditis in 1952, and in 1955, Dougherty raised Caenorhabditis to the status of genus.
Calophyllum is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the family Calophyllaceae. They are mainly distributed in Asia, with some species in Africa, the Americas, Australasia, and the Pacific Islands.
Calophyllum inophyllum is a large evergreen plant, commonly called tamanu, mastwood, beach calophyllum, or beautyleaf. It is native to tropical Asia and Wallacea. Due to its importance as a source of timber for the traditional shipbuilding of large outrigger ships, it has been spread in prehistoric times by the migrations of the Austronesian peoples to the islands of Oceania and Madagascar, along with other members of the genus Calophyllum. It has since been naturalized in regions in the East African coast. It is also a source of the culturally important tamanu oil.
Funadhoo is one of the inhabited islands of the Shaviyani Atoll administrative division and geographically part of the Miladhummadulhu Atoll in the Maldives.
Calophyllum brasiliense (guanandi) is a species of Calophyllum native to subtropical and tropical regions of Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
Calophyllum bifurcatum is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family. It is found only in West Papua in Indonesia.
Calophyllum brassii is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family. It is found in West Papua (Indonesia) and Papua New Guinea.
Calophyllum caudatum is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family. It is found only in West Papua in Indonesia.
Calophyllum confusum is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family. It is found only in the Solomon Islands.
Calophyllum euryphyllum is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Calophyllum insularum is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family. It is found only in West Papua in Indonesia. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Calophyllum neoebudicum is a species of tree in the Calophyllaceae family. It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu.
Calophyllum soulattri is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family. It is found in the Northern Territory of Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Calophyllum vexans is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Calanolide A is an experimental non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI). This compound was extracted from the Calophyllum lanigerum, of variety austrocoriaceum, trees in Lundu, Malaysian state of Sarawak in 1992 by United States National Cancer Institute (NCI). Due to rarity of the raw materials and low yield of the active ingredient, total synthesis of the compound was devised in 1996. For the same reason, its sister compound (-)-Calanolide B have been tauted as replacement. As a result of the discovery of Calanolide A, Sarawak Medichem pharmaceuticals company was established as a joint venture between US-based MediChem Research Inc and Sarawak state government. In 2006, Craun Research, a company established by Sarawak government, acquired Sarawak MediChem. In 2016, Craun Research announced the completion of Phase I clinical trials for Calanolide A.
Calophyllum antillanum is an evergreen, medium-sized tropical tree in the Calophyllaceae family. It is also known as Antilles calophyllum; Alexandrian laurel; Galba; Santa Maria; mast wood, beauty leaf, West Indian laurel.
A xanthonoid is a chemical natural phenolic compound formed from the xanthone backbone. Many members of the Clusiaceae contain xanthonoids.
Blastobasis kenya is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Kenya. The habitat consists of coastal lowlands, eastern midaltitudes and the western highlands.
Palaquium calophyllum is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. It grows up to 20 metres (70 ft) tall. The bark is brownish grey. Inflorescences bear up to 12 flowers. The fruits are round, up to 2 centimetres (1 in) in diameter. The specific epithet calophyllum is from the Greek meaning "beautiful leaves". Habitat is forests from sea-level to 800 metres (2,600 ft) altitude. P. calophyllum is found in Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines, Maluku and New Guinea.
Calophyllum bracteatum is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family. It is found in Sri Lanka where it is known as ගුරු කින by local people.
