| Saprosma fragrans | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Saprosma |
| Species: | S. fragrans |
| Binomial name | |
| Saprosma fragrans (Bedd.) Bedd. [2] | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Saprosma fragrans is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the region of Assam. [2]
The brown-cheeked fulvetta or brown-cheeked alcippe as the fulvettas proper are not closely related to this species,) is included in the family Alcippeidae. It was earlier also known as the quaker babbler.
Myristica is a genus of trees in the family Myristicaceae. There are over 150 species, distributed in Asia and the western Pacific.
Carissa spinarum, the conkerberry or bush plum, is a large shrub of the dogbane family (Apocynaceae), widely distributed in tropical regions of Africa, Southern Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian Ocean. It is most well known in Australia, where it is also called currant bush or, more ambiguously, native currant or even black currant. It is, however, neither closely related to plums (Prunus) nor to true currants (Ribes), which belong to entirely different lineages of eudicots. In India, it is also called wild karanda /wild karavanda, referring to the related karanda. Carissa spinarum is often discussed under its many obsolete synonyms.
Archidendron bigeminum is a tree species in the legume family (Fabaceae). It is found in India and Sri Lanka. It is known as "kalitiya - කලටිය" in Sinhala.
Syzygium calcadensis is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to Tamil Nadu in India.
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.
Myristica malabarica is a species of plant in the family Myristicaceae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats in southwest India. It is threatened by habitat loss according to the IUCN Red List. It can reach up to 25 m long and its bark is greenish black, smooth and sometimes reddish.
Nargedia is a monotypic genus of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It has only one species, Nargedia macrocarpa, endemic to Sri Lanka.
Nectandra fragrans is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Orophea thomsonii or Thomson's Turret Flower is a species of shrub or small tree in the Annonaceae family. It is native to Kerala and Tamil Nadu in India and endemic to the Western Ghats mountain range.
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 is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae. There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.
Saprosma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about 40 species distributed from south China to tropical Asia.
Saprosma scabrida is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Semecarpus auriculatus is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is endemic to India. The specific epithet was originally spelt auriculata.
Myristica fragrans is an evergreen tree indigenous to the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. It is important as the main source of the spices nutmeg and mace. It is widely grown across the tropics including Guangdong and Yunnan in China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Grenada in the Caribbean, Kerala in India, Sri Lanka and South America.
Semecarpus travancoricus is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae native to India and Bangladesh. The specific epithet was originally spelt travancorica. In India, it is found in the southern Western Ghats in South India. It is a tree of evergreen forests and is found only south of the Anamalais at an elevation around 1300 MSL.
Cinnamosma fragrans is a species of flowering plant in the family Canellaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar, where it is commonly known as saro.
Jumellea fragrans, also known as faham, is a species of orchid in the genus Jumellea. It is native to the islands of Mauritius and Réunion.
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