| Polyalthia fragrans | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Polyalthia |
| Species: | P. fragrans |
| Binomial name | |
| Polyalthia fragrans (Dalz.) Bedd. | |
Polyalthia fragrans is a plant in the Annonaceae family. Its leaves have a fragrant smell. It is called Gowrimara in Kannada. It is found in forests of the Western Ghats of India. [1]
The Annonaceae are a family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs, or rarely lianas commonly known as the custard apple family or soursop family. With 108 accepted genera and about 2400 known species, it is the largest family in the Magnoliales. Several genera produce edible fruit, most notably Annona, Anonidium, Asimina, Rollinia, and Uvaria. Its type genus is Annona. The family is concentrated in the tropics, with few species found in temperate regions. About 900 species are Neotropical, 450 are Afrotropical, and the remaining are Indomalayan.
Mitrephora fragrans is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Borneo and The Philippines. Elmer Drew Merrill, the American botanist who first formally described the species, named it after its large, fragrant flowers.
Mkilua is a genus of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Kenya and Tanzania. It contains a single species, Mkilua fragrans. Bernard Verdcourt, the British botanist who first formally described the species, named it after the fragrance of its flowers which smell like lemon. It is commonly called Mkilua Mwitu, Kilua and Kiluwa in Swahili, and Kingade in Digo. Volatile oils extracted from its leaves, flowers, and aerial parts have been reported to be repellent to Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes which are vectors for the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Bioactive molecules extracted from its roots have been reported to have antimicrobial activity in tests with Streptococcus agalactiae and Staphylococcus aureus.
Polyalthia malabarica is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae. It is endemic to south-west India. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Polyalthia angustissima is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is a tree found in Malaysia, Singapore, and possibly Vietnam.
Polyalthia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.
Polyalthia chrysotricha is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia.
Polyalthia elmeri is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.
Polyalthia hirtifolia is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Polyalthia lancilimba is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is endemic to China.
Polyalthia lateritia is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is a tree found in Peninsular Malaysia and Thailand.
Phaeanthus ophthalmicus is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae. It is a tree found in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore.
Huberantha palawanensis is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.
Disepalum plagioneurum is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is found in China, Laos and Vietnam.
Polyalthia rufescens is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is native to Kerala and Tamil Nadu in India. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Huberantha nitidissima is a species of tree in the Annonaceae family. It is found in dry seasonal tropical forests and along moist watercourses in Australia and New Caledonia. Maximum height is 18 metres.
Huberantha cerasoides is a species of trees in the family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae. It is the type species of the relatively new genus Huberantha.
Monoon coffeoides is a species of plant in the Annonaceae family. It is a synonym of Polyalthia coffeoides and found in southern India and Sri Lanka.
The Malmeoideae are a subfamily of trees and other plants of the family Annonaceae.
Fenerivia is a genus of flowering plants in the custard apple and soursop family Annonaceae, with all species endemic to Madagascar. Fenerivia inflorescences have a prominent flange below the perianth, which is unique to the genus. The complete chloroplast genome of Fenerivia ghesquiereana was published in 2021.
