Quivisianthe

{{short description|Genus of Meliaceae plants}}

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|parent_authority=Baill.A.Grandidier, Hist. Phys. Madagascar 33(3): 251 (1893)

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Quivisianthe, known as valiandro, is a genus of flowering plants in the mahogany family, Meliaceae. It has only one currently accepted species, Quivisianthe papinae, native to Madagascar.{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:26825-1 |title=Quivisianthe Baill. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=28 August 2020 }} Common canopy trees, they are an important food source for ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) in the dry season.{{cite journal |doi=10.1159/000368896 |title=Beyond the Gallery Forest: Contrasting Habitat and Diet in Lemur catta Troops at Bezà Mahafaly Special Reserve |year=2015 |last1=Yamashita |first1=Nayuta |last2=Sauther |first2=Michelle L. |last3=Cuozzo |first3=Frank P. |last4=Youssouf Jacky |first4=Ibrahim Antho |journal=Folia Primatologica |volume=86 |issue=1–2 |pages=35–43 |pmid=26022299 |s2cid=34966794}}