Otonephelium
| Otonephelium | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Tribe: | Nephelieae |
| Genus: | Otonephelium Radlk. (1890) |
| Species: | O. stipulaceum |
| Binomial name | |
| Otonephelium stipulaceum | |
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Otonephelium stipulaceum is species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae, and the sole species in genus Otonephelium. It is a tree native to the Western Ghats of southwestern India.[2] The genus is closely related to Litchi and Dimocarpus. It is a large mid-canopy tree up to 25 metres tall, which grows in low and medium-elevation rain forests from 400 to 1,200 metres elevation. It is locally abundant and often associated with Vateria indica, Turpinia malabarica, Melicope lunu-ankenda, and Poeciloneuron indicum.[1]
References
- 1 2 Amitha Bachan, K.H.; Devika, M.A. (2024). "Otonephelium stipulaceum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024 e.T169577357A169589620. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T169577357A169589620.en. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
- 1 2 Otonephelium stipulaceum (Bedd.) Radlk. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
External links
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