Cynometra: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Cynometra
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Cynometra
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Cynometra
Cynometra (from Greek calque of puki anjing, local Malay name for C. cauliflora according to Rumphius) is genus of tropical forest trees with a pantropical distribution.
Species of Cynometra are particularly important as forest components in West Africa and the Neotropics. Cynometra alexandri (muhimbi) is a familiar timber tree of central and east Africa.
The genus is a member of the subfamily Detarioideae. Prior to 2019, Cynometra was considered to be polyphyletic and in need of revision. In that year, botanist Aleksandar Radosavjevic recircumscribed this genus by including all species from Maniltoa and removing African species having jointed pedicels and dehiscent fruits.
...Cynometra in languages:
- English
- Cynometras
- Finnish
- kohtupalot
- Thai
- สกุล มังคะ
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Amherstia
- Anthonotha
- Aphanocalyx
- Berlinia
- Bikinia
- Brachycylix
- Brachystegia
- Brownea
- Browneopsis
- Crudia
- Cryptosepalum
- Cynometra
- Dicymbe
- Didelotia
- Ecuadendron
- Elizabetha
- Englerodendron
- Gilbertiodendron
- Heterostemon
- Humboldtia
- Hymenostegia
- Isoberlinia
- Julbernardia
- Leonardoxa
- Loesenera
- Macrolobium
- Maniltoa
- Michelsonia
- Micklethwaitia
- Microberlinia
- Neochevalierodendron
- Paloue
- Paramacrolobium
- Plagiosiphon
- Scorodophloeus
- Talbotiella
- Tamarindus
- Tetraberlinia
- Zenkerella
Child Taxa
- Cynometra abrahamii
- Cynometra ananta
- Cynometra ankaranensis
- Cynometra bauhiniifolia
- Cynometra beddomei
- Cynometra bourdillonii
- Cynometra brachyrrhachis
- Cynometra capuronii
- Cynometra cauliflora
- Cynometra commersoniana
- Cynometra cubensis
- Cynometra dauphinensis
- Cynometra engleri
- Cynometra falcata
- Cynometra filifera
- Cynometra floretii
- Cynometra gillmanii
- Cynometra hankei
- Cynometra hemitomophylla
- Cynometra hondurensis
- Cynometra inaequifolia
- Cynometra insularis
- Cynometra iripa
- Cynometra katikii
- Cynometra longipedicellata
- Cynometra lukei
- Cynometra lyallii
- Cynometra madagascariensis
- Cynometra malaccensis
- Cynometra mannii
- Cynometra marginata
- Cynometra mayottensis
- Cynometra megalophylla
- Cynometra oaxacana
- Cynometra pervilleana
- Cynometra portoricensis
- Cynometra ramiflora
- Cynometra retusa
- Cynometra roseiflora
- Cynometra sakalava
- Cynometra sessiliflora
- Cynometra simplicifolia
- Cynometra suaheliensis
- Cynometra travancorica
- Cynometra trinitensis
- Cynometra ulugurensis
- Cynometra vogelii
- Cynometra webberi
- Cynometra zeylanica































































