Ploiarium alternifolium (Vahl) Melchior

English: Cicada Tree

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Ericales (57)

        Family: Bonnetiaceae (1)(family description)

          Genus: Ploiarium (1)

            Epithet: alternifolium (Vahl) Melchior (1)

alternifolium => with alternating leaves

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: pink, white

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