''Scaphium'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of about eight species of
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclu ...
s in the subfamily
Sterculioideae of 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 ...
.
Species
* ''
Scaphium affine''
(Mast.) Pierre
* ''
Scaphium burkillfilii''
Kosterm.
* ''
Scaphium linearicarpum''
(Mast.) Pierre
* ''
Scaphium longiflorum''
Ridl.
* ''
Scaphium longipetiolatum''
(Kosterm.) Kosterm.
* ''
Scaphium macropodum''
(Miq.) Beumée ex K.Heyne
* ''
Scaphium parviflorum''
P.Wilkie
* ''
Scaphium scaphigerum
''Scaphium scaphigerum'' is a deciduous tropical nut-bearing tree of genus ''Scaphium''.
Uses
Seeds of this plant are known as ''pang da hai'' in Chinese-speaking countries and are used as herbal remedies in Indonesian and Chinese medicine. ...
''
(Wall. ex G. Don) G.Planch.
References
External links
*
POWO: ''Scaphium''
Malvaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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