Cullenia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Cullenia exarillata fruiting branch DSC 2359.jpg

|image_caption = Cullenia exarillata fruiting branch

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|taxon = Cullenia

|authority = Wight

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|subdivision = Cullenia ceylanica

Cullenia exarillata syn. Cullenia excelsa

Cullenia rosayroana

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Cullenia is a genus of flowering plants native to India and Sri Lanka. Earlier classification schemes placed the genus in the kapok-tree family (Bombacaceae), but the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group places it in the mallow family (Malvaceae).

The name is after General William Cullen (1785–1862), a Resident in the court of the Maharaja of Travancore who also took an interest in botany.{{cite journal|url= http://www23.us.archive.org/stream/mobot31753002398235#page/246/mode/1up|pages=244–248| title=Biographical index of British and Irisn Botanists|author=Britten, James|journal=Journal of Botany, British and Foreign|volume=26|year=1888}}

{{cite book|title=Handbook of the Indian Flora. Volume 1|author=Drury, Heber|publisher=Travancore Sircar Press|year=1864|pages=88–89|url=https://archive.org/stream/handbookoftheind031933mbp#page/n123/mode/2up}}