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Encyclopedia > Calophyllum
iCalophyllum
flower of Alexandrian Laurel (Calophyllum inophyllum)
flower of Alexandrian Laurel
(Calophyllum inophyllum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Clusiaceae
Subfamily: Kielmeyeroideae
Tribe: Calophylleae
Genus: Calophyllum
L.
Species

Calophyllum amoenum
Calophyllum angulare
Calophyllum angustifolium
Calophyllum antillanum
Calophyllum australianum
Calophyllum austroindicum
Calophyllum bicolor
Calophyllum biflorum
Calophyllum blancoi
Calophyllum bracteatum
Calophyllum brasiliense
Calophyllum cholobtaches
Calophyllum calaba
Calophyllum caledonicum
Calophyllum candidissimum
Calophyllum canum
Calophyllum carrii
Calophyllum cerasiferum
Calophyllum collinum
Calophyllum cordato-oblongum
Calophyllum coriaceum
Calophyllum costatum
Calophyllum curtisii
Calophyllum dasypodum
Calophyllum depressinervosum
Calophyllum dioscurii
Calophyllum donatianum
Calophyllum elatum
Calophyllum euryphyllum
Calophyllum exiticostatum
Calophyllum ferrugineum
Calophyllum flavo-ramulum
Calophyllum floribundum
Calophyllum fraseri
Calophyllum garcinioides
Calophyllum goniocarpum
Calophyllum griseum
Calophyllum havilandii
Calophyllum hosei
Calophyllum inophyllum
Calophyllum insularum
Calophyllum kajewski
Calophyllum lanigerum
Calophyllum leleanii
Calophyllum longifolium
Calophyllum lucidum
Calophyllum macrocarpum
Calophyllum molle
Calophyllum montanum
Calophyllum neo-ebudicum
Calophyllum nodosum
Calophyllum obliquinervium
Calophyllum pachyphyllum
Calophyllum papuanum
Calophyllum parviflorum
Calophyllum pauciflorum
Calophyllum peekelii
Calophyllum persimile
Calophyllum pinetorum
Calophyllum pisiferum
Calophyllum pulcherrimum
Calophyllum retusum
Calophyllum rigidum
Calophyllum rubiginosum
Calophyllum rufigemmatum
Calophyllum sclerophyllum
Calophyllum scriblitifolium
Calophyllum sil
Calophyllum soulattri
Calophyllum suberosum
Calophyllum sundaicum
Calophyllum symingtonianum
Calophyllum tacamahaca
Calophyllum tahanense
Calophyllum tetrapterum
Calophyllum teysmannii
Calophyllum thwaitesii
Calophyllum tomentosum
Calophyllum venulosum
Calophyllum vexans
Calophyllum vitiense
Calophyllum waliense
Calophyllum walkeri
Calophyllum wallichianum
Calophyllum woodii Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Alexandrian laurel (Calophyllum inophyllum) is a big evergreen tree of family Clusiaceae native from East Africa, southern coastal India to Malesia and Australia. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) †Rhyniophyta - rhyniophytes †Zosterophyllophyta - zosterophylls Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses †Trimerophytophyta - trimerophytes Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... 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 Family Achariaceae Family Balanopaceae Family Bonnetiaceae Family Caryocaraceae Family Chrysobalanaceae Family Clusiaceae Family Ctenolophonaceae Family Dichapetalaceae Family Elatinaceae Family Erythryloxaceae (coca family) Family Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) Family Euphroniaceae Family Goupiaceae Family Humiriaceae Family Hypericaceae (St Johns wort family) Family Irvingiaceae Family Ixonanthaceae Family Lacistemaceae Family Linaceae (flax family... Genera See text Clusiaceae is a family of plants including the over a thousand species of trees and shrubs, often with milky sap and fruits or capsules for seeds. ... Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as  , (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[1] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ... Binomial name Calophyllum inophyllum L. Calophyllum inophyllum is a large evergreen tree in the family Clusiaceae, native from East Africa, southern coastal India to Malesia and Australia. ... Species Calophyllum amoenum Calophyllum angulare Calophyllum angustifolium Calophyllum antillanum Calophyllum australianum Calophyllum austroindicum Calophyllum bicolor Calophyllum biflorum Calophyllum blancoi Calophyllum bracteatum Calophyllum brasiliense Calophyllum cholobtaches Calophyllum calaba Calophyllum caledonicum Calophyllum candidissimum Calophyllum canum Calophyllum carrii Calophyllum cerasiferum Calophyllum collinum Calophyllum cordato-oblongum Calophyllum coriaceum Calophyllum costatum Calophyllum curtisii Calophyllum dasypodum...

Calophyllum ("beautiful leaf", from Greek kalos, "beautiful", and phullon, "leaf") is a plant genus of around 180-200 species of tropical evergreen trees in the family Clusiaceae. Its members are native to Madagascar, Eastern Africa, South and Southeast Asia (Pakistan east to Vietnam and Indonesia), the Pacific islands, the West Indies and South America. The common names, as well as commercial names, for these trees are Bintangor tree (in Malaysia) and poon tree (in India). For their resin, occasionally used medicinally, see tacamahac. Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) †Rhyniophyta - rhyniophytes †Zosterophyllophyta - zosterophylls Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses †Trimerophytophyta - trimerophytes Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ... In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ... The tropics are the geographic region of the Earth centered on the equator and limited in latitude by the two tropics: the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere. ... A Silver Fir shoot showing three successive years of retained leaves In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant which retains its leaves year-round, with each leaf persisting for more than 12 months. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth. ... In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank. ... Genera See text Clusiaceae is a family of plants including the over a thousand species of trees and shrubs, often with milky sap and fruits or capsules for seeds. ... Categories: Africa geography stubs | Eastern Africa ... Map of South Asia (see note on Kashmir). ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... The Pacific Ocean has an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 islands; the exact number has not been precisely determined. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Tacamahac is the name of medicinal resins, now little used, obtained from several plant sources including Calophyllum tacamahaca and Calophyllum inophyllum. ...


Habitat

These species grow in a wide number of habitats, from ridges in mountain forests to coastal swamps, lowland forest and even coral cays. They are large hardwoods, attaining 30 m in height and 0.8 m in diameter. It presents shiny and leathery leaves. The tree bark is grey or white and decorticates in large thin strips. The wood is light in weight, the heartwood pink-red, or almost brown, while the sapwood varies from species to species, often from yellow, brown (often with pink tints) to orange. Species occurring in Papua New Guinea are often buttressed. Habitat (from the Latin for it inhabits) is the place where a particular species lives and grows. ... A freshwater swamp This article is about the wetland type (a landform). ... Subclasses Alcyonaria Zoantharia See text for orders. ... A cay (also spelled key, but both are pronounced alike as key [IPA /ki:/]) is a small, low island consisting mostly of sand or coral. ... Beech is a typical temperate zone hardwood The term hardwood designates wood from angiosperm trees. ... Trunks A tree trunk as found at the Veluwe, The Netherlands Wood is derived from woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs. ... A tree trunk as found at the Veluwe, The Netherlands Wood is a material found as the primary content of the stems of woody plants, especially trees, but also shrubs. ... A buttress (and mostly concealed, a flying buttress) supporting walls at the Palace of Westminster Four different types of buttress: diagonal, on the statues plinth; an ordinary buttress supporting a flying buttress, to the right of the statue; a small ordinary buttress to the right side of the picture...


Uses

Several species have been found to contain naturally occurring calanolides in various quantities.


The lightweight hardwood of these species is used in boatmaking for masts and spars. mizzen mast, mainmast and foremast Grand Turk The mast of a sailing ship is a tall vertical pole which supports the sails. ... This article is about the convenience store. ...

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The genus Calophyllum ("beautiful leaf", from Greek kalos, "beautiful", and phullon, "leaf") is a taxon composed exclusively of tropical evergreen trees, of the family Clusiaceae.
Calophyllum is found to grow in Madagascar, in all South Asia (India, Pakistan Sri Lanka) and Southeast Asia (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia), in the Pacific islands, the West Indies and South America.
Calophyllum species grow in a wide number of habitats, from ridges in mountain forests to coastal swamps, lowland forest and even coral cays.
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Calophyllum is used as a treatment for various problems of the hair and scalp, for eczema, psoriasis and facial neuralgia as well.
Calophyllum has a mild and pleasant aroma and is ideal to be used in lotions, creams, ointments and many other cosmetic products.
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