Melientha

As a food

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Santalales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Santalales

Familia: Opiliaceae
Genus: Melientha
Species: M. suavis

Source(s) of checklist: 

Name

Melientha Pierre, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 762. (1888) et Fl. For. Cochinch. Fasc. 17 t. 264b (1892); Baill. Hist. des pl. 11: 457. (1892)

  • Type species: Melientha suavis Pierre, Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 762. (1888)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-tropical
    • Regional: Southeastern Asia.
      • Borneo, Malaya, Philippines, Thailand
    • Regional: Indo-China
      • Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Hiepo, P. (2008). Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 12: 1-71. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.

Vernacular names

English: Thai pak wan
ไทย: ผักหวานป่า
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