| Melicope incana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Melicope |
| Species: | M. incana |
| Binomial name | |
| Melicope incana | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Melicope incana is a tree in the family Rutaceae. It is native to maritime Southeast Asia. [3]
Melicope incana grows up to 35 m (110 ft) tall. The almost leathery leaves are obovate or elliptic to ovate and measure up to 25 cm (10 in) long and 18 cm (7 in) wide. The inflorescences are axillary and feature unisexual flowers, occasionally bisexual, with white petals. [3] [4] The species is most closely related to Melicope hookeri , differing mainly in the smooth (or glabrous ) quality of M. incana's leaves. [4]
Melicope incana was described in 1994 by the American botanist Thomas Gordon Hartley. The type specimen was collected in Borneo in 1857 and was initially described as Euodia alba by the British botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker. On transfer to the genus Melicope, the specific epithet alba was already in use; incana was used instead, meaning 'grey-white hairy', referring to the leaves. [4]
Melicope incana is native to Borneo, Sumatra and Sulawesi. [4] Its habitat is in primary and secondary forests, sometimes in swamps, at elevations to 800 m (2,600 ft). [4]
Melicope incana has been assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. The species has a broad distribution and is not currently facing any significant threats. [1]
Melicope is a genus of about 240 species of shrubs and trees in the family Rutaceae, occurring from the Hawaiian Islands across the Pacific Ocean to tropical Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Plants in the genus Melicope have simple or trifoliate leaves arranged in opposite pairs, flowers arranged in panicles, with four sepals, four petals and four or eight stamens and fruit composed of up to four follicles.
Thomas Gordon Hartley was an American botanist.
Melicope subunifoliolata is a plant of Borneo in the family Rutaceae. The specific epithet subunifoliolata is from the Latin meaning "nearly one leaf", referring to the almost unifoliolate leaves.
Melicope waialealae is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae. It is commonly known as Alani wai. It is endemic to the island of Kauai in Hawaii. M. waialealae is a perennial shrub or tree that grows up to 10 ft (3.0 m) tall. It is found in small, bog hammocks.
Melicope elleryana, commonly known as pink flowered doughwood, pink evodia, corkwood, or saruwa, is a species of rainforest shrub or tree in the family Rutaceae, and is native to New Guinea, parts of eastern Indonesia, the Solomon Islands and northern Australia. It has trifoliate leaves and pink to white, bisexual flowers arranged in panicles in leaf axils.
Melicope micrococca, commonly known as hairy-leaved doughwood or white euodia, is a species of shrub or slender tree in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It has trifoliate leaves and white flowers borne in panicles in leaf axils.
Maclurodendron porteri is a tree in the family Rutaceae.
Melicope accedens is a plant in the family Rutaceae.
Melicope bonwickii, commonly known as the yellow evodia or yellow corkwood, is a species of tree in the family Rutaceae and is native to Java and the Philippines, and southward to New Guinea and north-eastern Australia. It has trifoliate leaves and small pink flowers borne in panicles in leaf axils.
Melicope denhamii is a plant in the family Rutaceae. It is named for the 19th century Royal Navy captain Henry Mangles Denham.
Melicope glabra is a tree in the family Rutaceae. The specific epithet glabra is from the Latin meaning 'hairless'.
Melicope latifolia is a plant in the family Rutaceae. The specific epithet latifolia means 'broad-leaved'.
Melicope triphylla is a plant in the family Rutaceae. The specific epithet triphylla is from the Greek meaning 'three leaf', referring to the trifoliolate leaves.
Glycosmis superba is a plant of Borneo in the family Rutaceae. The specific epithet superba is from the Latin meaning 'splendid', referring to the leaves.
Melicope hayesii, commonly known as small-leaved doughwood, is a species of shrub or slender tree in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It has trifoliate leaves and small white flowers borne in panicles in leaf axils.
Melicope rubra, commonly known as the little evodia, is a species of small tree in the citrus family Rutaceae, native to New Guinea and northeast Queensland. It was originally described as Euodia rubra in 1900. It has trifoliate leaves and pink bisexual flowers arranged on branches below the leaves.
Shorea beccariana is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, native to Borneo. It is named for the Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari.
Glycosmis cyanocarpa is a plant in the family Rutaceae. It is native to mainland and maritime Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka.
Melicope clemensiae is a plant in the family Rutaceae. It is native to Borneo.
Melicope hookeri is a tree in the family Rutaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia.
