''Colona evrardii'' is a species small tree, in the family

Malvaceae Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar ...

and now placed in the subfamily

Grewioideae Grewioideae is a subfamily of the family Malvaceae and was first described by Hochreutiner. The group is named after its type genus, ''Grewia'', which is named for the English scientist Nehemiah Grew (1641-1712). It contains a number of genera ...

. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life and the species can be found in Laos and Vietnam: where it may be called ''bồ an Evrard''.

References

Gagnepain F (1943) In: ''Bull. Soc. Bot. France'', 90: 67. Phạm Hoàng Hộ (1999) ''Cây Cỏ Việt Nam: an Illustrated Flora of Vietnam'' vol. I publ. Nhà Xuẩt Bản Trẻ, HCMC, VN {{Taxonbar, from=Q15362052 Grewioideae Trees of Vietnam Flora of Indo-China Taxa named by François Gagnepain