Scaevola micrantha | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Goodeniaceae |
Genus: | Scaevola |
Species: | S. micrantha |
Binomial name | |
Scaevola micrantha | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Scaevola micrantha is a plant in the family Goodeniaceae. The specific epithet micrantha means 'small flower'. [3]
Scaevola micrantha grows as a shrub or tree up to 10 m (33 ft) tall, with a diameter of 5 cm (2 in). The green to grey bark is smooth, sometimes flaky. The leaves are oblanceolate to obovate and measure up to 15 cm (6 in) long. [3]
Scaevola micrantha is native to the Philippines and Borneo (where it is confined to Sabah). Its habitat is in areas of ultramafic rock, to elevations of about 1,500 m (5,000 ft). [3]
Cotylelobium melanoxylon is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The specific epithet melanoxylon means "black wood", referring to the dark colour of the tree's wood. It was first described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1860 as Anisoptera melanoxylon and transferred to Cotylelobium by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre in 1889. It is the provincial tree of Surat Thani Province, Thailand.
Hopea micrantha is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The specific epithet micrantha means "small flower".
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Melicope denhamii is a plant in the family Rutaceae. It is named for the 19th century Royal Navy captain Henry Mangles Denham.
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