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Taxon:  Calophyllum inophyllum L.



Summary
Genus:
Calophyllum
Family:
Calophyllaceae
Nomen number:
8631
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:513. 1753
Verified:
03/08/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98. 2012
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
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  5. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
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  7. Elevitch, C. R., ed. The traditional tree initiative: species profiles for Pacific Island agroforestry (on-line resource). Note: http://www.agroforestry.net/tti/Calophyllum-kamani.pdf
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  10. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Calophyllum+inophyllum&quantity=1
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  26. Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 5(1):123-124. http://proseanet.org
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Common names
English
Alexandrian-laurel –
balltree –
beach calophyllum –
beach touriga –
beautyleaf –
Borneo-mahogany –
Indian doomba oiltree –
Indian-laurel –
laurelwood –
satin touriga –
tacamahac-tree –
German
alexandrinischer Lorbeer –
Hawaiian
kamani –
India
punnaga –
Spanish
palo de Santa María –
palo María –
undi –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania incl. Pemba
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanComoros  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanSeychelles  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanRyukyu Islands 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia s.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPapua New Guinea  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificGuam  
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificMarshall Islands  
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificMicronesia  
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificNorthern Mariana Islands  
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificPalau  
1NativePacificSouth-Central PacificCook Islands  
1NativePacificSouth-Central PacificFrench PolynesiaMarquesas Islands 
1NativePacificSouth-Central PacificFrench PolynesiaSociety Islands 
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificSamoa  
2Cultivated    also cult.
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania (incl. Pemba)
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Hainan]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (s.), Sri Lanka
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland, Northern Territory]
Pacific
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: Cook Islands, French Polynesia [Society Islands, Marquesas Islands]
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, Samoa
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Materials
beads (fide Bot Beads World; as http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_131.html,) –
Medicines
folklore (fide Pl Res SEAs 5(1):124. 1993; F India) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Lampe & McCann) –


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