Meliaceae


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Noun1.Meliaceae - tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental treesMeliaceae - tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees
family Meliaceae, mahogany family
rosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plants
Geraniales, order Geraniales - an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae
mahogany tree, mahogany - any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish
genus Melia, Melia - type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ash
Azadirachta, genus Azadirachta - genus of large important East Indian trees: neem trees
Cedrela, genus Cedrela - tropical American trees
Chloroxylon, genus Chloroxylon - deciduous trees of India and Sri Lanka
Entandrophragma, genus Entandrophragma - cedar mahogany trees
Flindersia, genus Flindersia - small genus of Australian timber trees
genus Khaya, Khaya - African mahogany trees
genus Lansium - a dicotyledonous genus of the family Meliaceae
genus Lovoa, Lovoa - genus of African timber trees
genus Swietinia, Swietinia - tropical American mahogany trees
genus Toona, Toona - formerly included in genus Cedrela
genus Turreae - genus of trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia and Australia
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Morphological and biochemical changes during somatic embryogenesis in mahogany, Swietenia macrophylla (Meliaceae)
Cambios morfologicos y bioquimicos durante la embriogenesis somatica en caoba, Swietenia macrophylla (Meliaceae)
(Meliaceae), is a deciduous tree that is native to southeast Asia and northern Australia (Swearingen & Bargeron 2016).
Potential of Melia azedarach L. (Meliaceae) as a host plant for Halyomorpha halys (Stal) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
Efeito antialimentar de extratos hidroalcoolicos de Melia azedarach (Meliaceae) sobre Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).
Bioactivity of the organic extracts of Cnidoscolus urens (L.) Arthur (Euphorbiaceae) on the cabbage-caterpillar
They were given 150 seeds of Melia volkensii (Mukau), an East African indigenous tree species in the plant family Meliaceae (Mahogany).
How Kitui school tree-planted its way to environment award
Chrysobalanaceae, Meliaceae, Moraceae, Rutaceae, and Salicaceae were represented by three species each, totaling 63% of all identified species (Figure 3).
Forest Structure and the Species Composition of the Parque Estadual Mata Atlantica, Located in Goias State, Brazil
It is a tree belonging to the Meliaceae family, which has multiple applications in the traditional and actual agricultural systems.
Morpho-anatomical characterization of secondary somatic embryogenesis in Azadirachta indica (Meliaceae)/Caracterizacion morfo-anatomica de la embriogenesis somatica secundaria en Azadirachta indica (Meliaceae)
Melia azedarach L., 1753 is fast-growing plant with worldwide distribution in the Meliaceae family, popularly known as cinnamon, lilac or santa-barbaric lily (Kingsbury 1964).
Efecto larvicida de extracto supercritico de Melia azedarach y Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis sobre larvas de Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)
Family FIV Acanthaceae 11.35 Amaryllidaceae 0.22 Apiaceae 23.58 Asclepiadaceae 0.22 Asphodelaceae 0.44 Bignoniaceae 0.87 Clusiaceae 0.44 Combretaceae 0.44 Crassulaceae 0.22 Cyperaceae 0.44 Euphorbiaceae 1.31 Fabaceae 3.49 Lamiaceae 0.44 Lauraceae 0.65 Loganiaceae 0.44 Malvaceae 0.87 Meliaceae 0.44 Menispermaceae 13.53 Molluginaceae 0.22 Moringaceae 0.87 Piperaceae 1.31 Poaceae 0.44 Rutaceae 13.32 Sapindaceae 0.22 Sapotaceae 0.87 Solanaceae 10.92 Verbenaceae 3.49 Zingiberaceae 12.23 Table 3: Medicinal plant species used in Gampaha District to treat inflammatory conditions.
An Ethnobotanical Study of the Medicinal Plants Used as Anti-Inflammatory Remedies in Gampaha District, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Hypsipyla grandella, the Meliaceae shoot borer, is one of the most important forestry plague in the Neotropics.
PRIMER REPORTE DE ZETHUS SCHADEI (HYMENOPTERA: VESPIDE) COMO ENEMIGO NATURAL DE HYPSIPYLA GRANDELLA ZELLER (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE) EN COLOMBIA

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