Hydnocarpus

Hydnocarpus[2] is a genus of medium to large trees in the Family Achariaceae; the genus was previously placed in the now defunct family Flacourtiaceae. Species have been recorded from Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Hydnocarpus
Hydnocarpus macrocarpus fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Achariaceae
Genus: Hydnocarpus
Gaertn.
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Asteriastigma Bedd.
  • Dankia Gagnep.
  • Taraktogenos Hassk.[1]

Characteristics

Hydnocarpus has alternate leaves, small dioecious racemose flowers, and capsules of which several are sources of chaulmoogra oil and hydnocarpus oil. A species of Hydnocarpus is thought to host to the Peacock mite Tuckerella filipina.

Hydnocarpus alpinus flower
Hydnocarpus alpinus leaves
Hydnocarpus pentandra leaves

Species

Plants of the World Online currently includes:[3]

  • Hydnocarpus alcalae C.DC.
  • Hydnocarpus alpinus Wight (H.alpina)
  • Hydnocarpus annamensis Lescot & Sleumer ex Harwood & B.L.Webber
  • Hydnocarpus annamicus H.L.Li
  • Hydnocarpus anomalus (Merr.) Sleumer
  • Hydnocarpus beccarianus Sleumer
  • Hydnocarpus borneensis Sleumer
  • Hydnocarpus calophyllus (Ridl.) Sleumer
  • Hydnocarpus calvipetalus Craib
  • Hydnocarpus castaneus Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Hydnocarpus cauliflorus Merr.
  • Hydnocarpus corymbosus Seem.
  • Hydnocarpus crassifolius Sleumer
  • Hydnocarpus cucurbitinus King (H. cucurbitana)
  • Hydnocarpus curtisii King
  • Hydnocarpus dawnensis C.E.Parkinson & C.E.C.Fisch.
  • Hydnocarpus elmeri Merr.
  • Hydnocarpus filipes Symington & Sleumer
  • Hydnocarpus glaucescens Blume
  • Hydnocarpus gracilis (Slooten) Sleumer
  • Hydnocarpus hainanensis (Merr.) Sleumer
  • Hydnocarpus heterophyllus Blume
  • Hydnocarpus humei Ridl.
  • Hydnocarpus ilicifolius King
  • Hydnocarpus kunstleri (King) Warb.
  • Hydnocarpus kurzii (King) Warb. (= H. heterophyllus)
  • Hydnocarpus longipedunculatus Robi, Sasidh. & Jose
  • Hydnocarpus macrocarpus (Bedd.) Warb.
  • Hydnocarpus merrillianus Sleumer
  • Hydnocarpus nanus King (H. nana)
  • Hydnocarpus octandrus Thwaites (H. octandra)
  • Hydnocarpus pendulus Manilal, T.Sabu & Sivar.
  • Hydnocarpus pentandrus (Buch.-Ham.) Oken
  • Hydnocarpus pinguis Sleumer
  • Hydnocarpus polypetalus (Slooten) Sleumer
  • Hydnocarpus saigonensis Pierre ex Gagnep.
  • Hydnocarpus scortechinii King
  • Hydnocarpus subfalcatus Merr.
  • Hydnocarpus sumatranus (Miq.) Koord. (= H. hutchinsonii)
  • Hydnocarpus tenuipetalus Sleumer
  • Hydnocarpus venenatus Gaertn. (H. venetana) - type species
  • Hydnocarpus verrucosus C.E.Parkinson & C.E.C.Fisch.
  • Hydnocarpus woodii Merr.
  • Hydnocarpus wrayi King
  • Hydnocarpus yatesii Merr.

Note: A number of species were formerly in Taraktogenos.

References
  1. "Hydnocarpus Gaertn". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-03-30. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
  2. Gaertner (1788) De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum: accedunt seminum centuriae quinque priores cum tabulis Aeneis LXXIX. Stutgardiae, Tubingae 288. t. 60.
  3. Plants of the World Online: Hydnocarpus Gaertn. (retrieved 11 June 2020)
  4. POWO: Hydnocarpus anthelminthicus Pierre ex Laness. (retrieved 11 June 2020)
  5. The Plant List: Hydnocarpus anthelminthicus Pierre ex Laness. (retrieved 11 June 2020)
  6. POWO: Hydnocarpus wightianus Blume (retrieved 11 June 2020)
  7. The Plant List: Hydnocarpus wightianus Blume (retrieved 11 June 2020)
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