Calophyllum inophyllum L.

English: Alexandrian Laurel , Ballnut

German: Rosenholz

Mandarin: 红厚壳 (hong hou ke)

Portuguese: Calófilo, Tamanu

Kingdom: Plantae (2656)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2569)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2165)

      Order: Theales (15)

        Family: Clusiaceae (12)(family description)

          Genus: Calophyllum (1)

            Epithet: inophyllum L. (1)

Synonyms: Balsamaria bintagor Roxb., Balsamaria inophyllum (L.) Lour., Calophyllum apetalum Blanco, Calophyllum bingator Roxb., Calophyllum bintagor Roxb., Calophyllum blumei Wight, Calophyllum inophyllum Miq., Calophyllum ovatifolium Noronha, Calophyllum spurium Choisy, Calophyllum wakamatsui Kaneh.

blumei => in honor of Karl Ludwig Blume (1796-1862), German born Dutch botanist who travelled and worked in Java

inophyllum => ino is fiber; phyllum is leaves

spurium => false

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: white

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• [40] Nelson,L.S., Shih,R., Balick,M. (2007): Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants. 2nd edition, 0(0):Springer-Verlag GmbH.