Prasoxylon alliaceum

{{short description|Species of tree from tropical Asia}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Barstow, M. |date=2018 |title=Dysoxylum alliaceum |volume=2018 |page=e.T33719A68080878 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T33719A68080878.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Prasoxylon

| species = alliaceum

| authority = (Blume) M.Roem. (1846)

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|Alliaria acuminatissima {{Au|Kuntze (1891)}}

|Alliaria costulata {{Au|Kuntze (1891)}}

|Alliaria fraterna {{Au|(Miq.) Kuntze (1891)}}

|Alliaria glabra {{Au|(C.DC.) Kuntze (1891)}}

|Alliaria lampongum {{Au|Kuntze (1891)}}

|Alliaria miqueliana {{Au|(C.DC.) Kuntze (1891)}}

|Alliaria nageliana {{Au|(C.DC.) Kuntze (1891)}}

|Alliaria similis {{Au|(Spreng.) Kuntze (1891)}}

|Alliaria thyrsoidea {{Au|(Hiern) Kuntze (1891)}}

|Alliaria vrieseana {{Au|(C.DC.) Kuntze (1891)}}

|Amoora oligosperma {{Au|Pierre (1897)}}

|Chisocheton dempoensis {{Au|Baker f. (1924)}}

|Dysoxylum aculeatissimum {{Au|Steud. (1840), orth. var.}}

|Dysoxylum acuminatissimum {{Au|Blume ex M.Roem. (1846)}}

|Dysoxylum alliaceum {{Au|(Blume) Blume ex A.Juss. (1832)}}

|Dysoxylum alliaceum var. lanceolatum {{Au|Koord. & Valeton (1896)}}

|Dysoxylum alliaceum var. laxiflorum {{Au|(Blume ex G.Don) C.DC. (1878)}}

|Dysoxylum alliaceum var. pauciflorum {{Au|Koord. & Valeton (1896)}}

|Dysoxylum apoense {{Au|Elmer (1937), no Latin descr.}}

|Dysoxylum archboldianum {{Au|Merr. & L.M.Perry (1940)}}

|Dysoxylum brachycalycinum {{Au|Harms (1942)}}

|Dysoxylum brevipes {{Au|Hiern (1875)}}

|Dysoxylum costulatum {{Au|(Miq.) Miq. (1868)}}

|Dysoxylum dempoense {{Au|(Baker f.) Harms (1940)}}

|Dysoxylum euphlebium {{Au|Merr. (1914)}}

|Dysoxylum excelsum var. glabriflorum {{Au|Miq. (1868)}}

|Dysoxylum fraternum {{Au|Miq. (1868)}}

|Dysoxylum glabrum {{Au|C.DC. (1878)}}

|Dysoxylum klemmei {{Au|Merr. (1909)}}

|Dysoxylum lampongum {{Au|Miq. (1861)}}

|Dysoxylum lanceolatum {{Au|Elmer (1937), no Latin descr.}}

|Dysoxylum laxiflorum {{Au|Blume ex G.Don (1831)}}

|Dysoxylum longifolium {{Au|Blume ex M.Roem. (1846)}}

|Dysoxylum macrothyrsum {{Au|Miq. (1868), nom. illeg.}}

|Dysoxylum miquelianum {{Au|C.DC. (1878)}}

|Dysoxylum monticola {{Au|Harms (1942)}}

|Dysoxylum nagelianum {{Au|C.DC. (1878)}}

|Dysoxylum platyphyllum {{Au|Merr. (1913)}}

|Dysoxylum pulchrum {{Au|Ridl. (1917)}}

|Dysoxylum rostratum {{Au|Merr. (1914)}}

|Dysoxylum sattelbergense {{Au|Merr. & L.M.Perry (1940)}}

|Dysoxylum simile {{Au|(Spreng.) Blume ex G.Don (1831)}}

|Dysoxylum thyrsoideum {{Au|Hiern (1875)}}

|Dysoxylum thyrsoideum var. andamanicum {{Au|King (1895)}}

|Dysoxylum vrieseanum {{Au|C.DC. (1878)}}

|Guarea alliacea {{Au|Blume (1824)}}

|Hartighsea costulata {{Au|Miq. (1861)}}

|Trichilia similis {{Au|Spreng. (1827)}}

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Prasoxylon alliaceum is a tree in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet {{lang|la|alliaceum}} is from the Latin meaning 'onion-like', referring to the smell of the inner bark.

Description

The tree grows up to {{convert|38|m|-1}} tall with a trunk diameter of up to {{convert|80|cm|-1}}. The sweetly scented flowers are white or pinkish. The fruits are greenish-white when unripe, red when ripe, roundish, up to {{convert|7.5|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} in diameter.

Distribution and habitat

Dysoxylum alliaceum is native to the Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and throughout Malesia and Papuasia to the Solomon Islands and Queensland. Its habitat is rain forests from sea-level to {{convert|1800|m|-3}} elevation.

References

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[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:579131-1 Prasoxylon alliaceum (Blume) M.Roem.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

{{Cite book | last1 = Mabberley | first1 = David J. | last2 = Sing | first2 = Anne M. | date = March 2007 | contribution = Dysoxylum alliaceum (Blume) Blume | contribution-url = http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/backup/TFSS.vol4_5_6.pdf | editor1-last = Soepadmo | editor1-first = E. | editor2-last = Saw | editor2-first = L. G. | editor3-last = Chung | editor3-first = R. C. K. | editor4-last = Kiew | editor4-first = Ruth | title = Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak | volume = 6 | pages = 151–152, 153 | publisher = Forest Research Institute Malaysia | isbn = 978-983-2181-89-7 | url = http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/Resources/Publications/Books/Floras/Tree-Flora-of-Sabah-and-Sarawak.aspx | version = (free online from the publisher, lesser resolution scan PDF versions) | access-date = 27 February 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130927074942/http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/Resources/Publications/Books/Floras/Tree-Flora-of-Sabah-and-Sarawak.aspx | archive-date = 27 September 2013 | url-status = dead }}

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Category:Meliaceae

Category:Flora of the Andaman Islands

Category:Trees of Myanmar

Category:Trees of Thailand

Category:Trees of Malesia

Category:Trees of Papuasia

Category:Trees of Australia

Category:Flora of Queensland

Category:Trees of Vietnam

Category:Flora of the Borneo lowland rain forests

Category:Flora of the Borneo montane rain forests

Category:Plants described in 1824

Category:Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Blume

Category:Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN

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