| Wallaceodendron | |
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| Wallaceodendron celebicum in greenhouse at Huntington Gardens | |
Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: |
Wallaceodendron Koord. (1898) |
| Species: | W. celebicum
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| Binomial name | |
| Wallaceodendron celebicum Koord. (1898)
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Wallaceodendron celebicum is species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a tree native to the Philippines and Sulawesi. Typical habitat is tropical coastal and inland rain forest from sea level to 850 meters elevation. [1] It is the sole species in genus Wallaceodendron. The genus belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. [2]
Timber from the tree, known as banúyo (ironwood) or derham mahogany, is used for furniture, cabinet making, and flooring. [1]
References
- ^ a b Wallaceodendron Koord. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi: 10.12705/661.3. hdl: 10568/90658.
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