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Meliaceae
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Meliaceae - tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental treesfamily Meliaceae, mahogany familyrosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plantsGeraniales, order Geraniales - an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceaemahogany tree, mahogany - any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polishgenus Melia, Melia - type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ashAzadirachta, genus Azadirachta - genus of large important East Indian trees: neem treesCedrela, genus Cedrela - tropical American treesChloroxylon, genus Chloroxylon - deciduous trees of India and Sri LankaEntandrophragma, genus Entandrophragma - cedar mahogany treesFlindersia, genus Flindersia - small genus of Australian timber treesgenus Khaya, Khaya - African mahogany treesgenus Lansium - a dicotyledonous genus of the family Meliaceaegenus Lovoa, Lovoa - genus of African timber treesgenus Swietinia, Swietinia - tropical American mahogany treesgenus Toona, Toona - formerly included in genus Cedrelagenus Turreae - genus of trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia and Australia |
Meliaceae
Meliaceae[‚mel·ē′ās·ē‚ē] (botany) A family of dicotyledonous plants in the order Sapindales characterized by mostly exstipulate, alternate leaves, stamens mostly connate by their filaments, and syncarpous flowers. Meliaceae (mahogany) a family of dicotyledonous plants, including trees, shrubs, and, less frequently, subshrubs and grasses. The leaves are exstipulate and usually pinnate. The flowers are small and in axillary inflorescences. There are four or five sepals and the same number of petals. In most species the stamens have fused into a tube. The fruit is a capsule, berry, or drupe. There are approximately 50 genera, with 1,400 species, distributed primarily in the tropics. In the USSR one species of Cedrela and several species of Melia are cultivated. A number of species, such as mahogany, West Indian sandalwood, and yellowwood, yield valuable lumber, which is distinctively colored and fragrant. Several species yield essential oil (Cedrela and others), edible fruits (Lansium domesticum var. domestica, Lansium d. var. pubescens, and Sandoricum indicum), or alkaloids (carapine, naregamine, and others). Meliaceae
Related to Meliaceae: Ochnaceae, Sapindales, Myristicaceae, mahogany family, SimaroubaceaeSynonyms for Meliaceaenoun tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental treesSynonyms- family Meliaceae
- mahogany family
Related Words- rosid dicot family
- Geraniales
- order Geraniales
- mahogany tree
- mahogany
- genus Melia
- Melia
- Azadirachta
- genus Azadirachta
- Cedrela
- genus Cedrela
- Chloroxylon
- genus Chloroxylon
- Entandrophragma
- genus Entandrophragma
- Flindersia
- genus Flindersia
- genus Khaya
- Khaya
- genus Lansium
- genus Lovoa
- Lovoa
- genus Swietinia
- Swietinia
- genus Toona
- Toona
- genus Turreae
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