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Foetidia mauritiana | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Lecythidaceae |
Subfamily: | Foetidioideae |
Genus: |
Foetidia Comm. ex Lam. |
Foetidia is a genus of flowering plants first described as a genus in 1788. [1] [2]
Most authors place the genus in the family Lecythidaceae, the sole genus in the subfamily Foetidioideae, but some prefer to treat it as a distinct family, the Foetidiaceae. [3] It is native to eastern Africa and to various islands in the Indian Ocean. [4]
Source: [4]
The wood of Foetidia mauritiana is one of several woods known as stinkwood because of its unpleasant smell.
Foetidia | |
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Foetidia mauritiana | |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Lecythidaceae |
Subfamily: | Foetidioideae |
Genus: |
Foetidia Comm. ex Lam. |
Foetidia is a genus of flowering plants first described as a genus in 1788. [1] [2]
Most authors place the genus in the family Lecythidaceae, the sole genus in the subfamily Foetidioideae, but some prefer to treat it as a distinct family, the Foetidiaceae. [3] It is native to eastern Africa and to various islands in the Indian Ocean. [4]
Source: [4]
The wood of Foetidia mauritiana is one of several woods known as stinkwood because of its unpleasant smell.