Anogeissus is a genus of trees native to South Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, and Africa, belonging to family Combretaceae. The genus has eight species, five native to South Asia, two endemic to the southern Arabian Peninsula, and one native to Africa. Anogeissus latifolia, known as dhaora, is one of the most useful trees in India. Its leaves contain large amounts of tannin, and are used in india for tanning. The tree is the source of Indian gum, also known as ghatti gum, which is used for calico printing among other uses. A. pendula, known as kardhai or dhok, is common in the Kathiarbar-Gir dry deciduous forests of western India, where it often forms pure stands in the rocky ridges of the Aravalli Range. A. leiocarpus is found in Africa from northeastern Ethiopia to Senegal, and its bark is used to produce Anogelline, a substance used in cosmetics. A. dhofarica and A. bentii are endemic to the woodlands of the southern Arabian Peninsula. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ... Families See text. ... Genera Anogeissus Buchenavia Bucida Calopyxis Calycopteris Combretum Conocarpus Dansiea Guiera Laguncularia Lumnitzera Macropteranthes Melostemon Pteleopsis Quisqualis Strephonema Terminalia Terminaliopsis Thiloa Combretaceae is a family of flowering plants. ... Nathaniel Wallich (28 January 1786 - 28 April 1854) was a botanist. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth. ... South Asia or Southern Asia is a southern geopolitical region of the Asian continent comprising territories on and in proximity to the Indian subcontinent. ... The Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula (in Arabic: شبه الجزيرة العربية) is a peninsula in Southwest Asia at the junction of Africa and Asia consisting mainly of desert. ... A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. ... Genera Anogeissus Buchenavia Bucida Calopyxis Calycopteris Combretum Conocarpus Dansiea Guiera Laguncularia Lumnitzera Macropteranthes Melostemon Pteleopsis Quisqualis Strephonema Terminalia Terminaliopsis Thiloa Combretaceae is a family of flowering plants. ... Tannins are astringent, bitter-tasting plant polyphenols that bind and precipitate proteins. ... A Calico can refer to: Calico (fabric) A cheap fabric Calico (fish) A domesticated Goldfish A domestic cat. ... The Kathiawar-Gir dry deciduous forests are a tropical dry broadleaf forest ecoregion of western India. ... The Aravalli Range The Aravalli Range is a range of mountains in western India running approximately 300 miles northeast-southwest across Rajasthan state. ... A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. ... Closeup of a womans eye while wearing makeup Cosmetics or makeup are substances to enhance the beauty of the human body, apart from simple cleaning. ...