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Macaranga
Macaranga is a large genus of Old World tropical trees of the family Euphorbiaceae and the only genus in the subtribe Macaranginae (tribe Acalypheae). Native to Africa, Australasia, Asia and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, the genus comprises over 300 different species. It was first described as a genus in 1806, based on specimens collected on the Island of Mauritius. Many species, such as Macaranga gigantea have uncommonly large leaves, and many are peltate.
Macaranga are noted for being pioneer species. Macaranga species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Endoclita malabaricus. Macaranga species often form symbioses with ant (Formicidae) species (particularly Crematogaster ants of the subgenus Decacrema) because they have hollow stems that can serve as nesting space and occasionally provide nectar. The trees benefit because the ants attack herbivorous insects and either drive them away or feed on them.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Elephant's Ear
speciesMacaranga tanarius
Parasol leaf tree
speciesMacaranga peltata
Giant Mahang
speciesMacaranga gigantea
Wild Poplar
speciesMacaranga capensis
Pengua
speciesMacaranga mappa
Macaranga bancana
speciesMacaranga bancana
Brown Macaranga
speciesMacaranga involucrata
Macaranga heynei
speciesMacaranga heynei
Macaranga sinensis
speciesMacaranga sinensis
Macaranga triloba
speciesMacaranga triloba
Macaranga denticulata
speciesMacaranga denticulata
Macaranga sampsonii
speciesMacaranga sampsonii
Macaranga hypoleuca
speciesMacaranga hypoleuca
Macaranga indica
speciesMacaranga indica
Macaranga harveyana
speciesMacaranga harveyana
Macaranga hullettii
speciesMacaranga hullettii
Macaranga griffithiana
speciesMacaranga griffithiana
Macaranga grandifolia
speciesMacaranga grandifolia
Macaranga cuspidata
speciesMacaranga cuspidata
Macaranga subdentata
speciesMacaranga subdentata
Macaranga conifera
speciesMacaranga conifera
Macaranga pruinosa
speciesMacaranga pruinosa
Macaranga carolinensis
speciesMacaranga carolinensis
Macaranga thompsonii
speciesMacaranga thompsonii
Macaranga recurvata
speciesMacaranga recurvata
Macaranga mellifera
speciesMacaranga mellifera
Macaranga inamoena
speciesMacaranga inamoena
Macaranga hispida
speciesMacaranga hispida
Macaranga obovata
speciesMacaranga obovata
Macaranga coriacea
speciesMacaranga coriacea
Macaranga vedeliana
speciesMacaranga vedeliana
Macaranga polyadenia
speciesMacaranga polyadenia
Macaranga rhizinoides
speciesMacaranga rhizinoides
Macaranga alchorneoides
speciesMacaranga alchorneoides
Macaranga stipulosa
speciesMacaranga stipulosa
Macaranga monandra
speciesMacaranga monandra
Macaranga kilimandscharica
speciesMacaranga kilimandscharica
Macaranga angolensis
speciesMacaranga angolensis
Macaranga beccariana
speciesMacaranga beccariana
Macaranga corymbosa
speciesMacaranga corymbosa
Macaranga aleuritoides
speciesMacaranga aleuritoides
Macaranga bicolor
speciesMacaranga bicolor
Macaranga barteri
speciesMacaranga barteri
Macaranga heterophylla
speciesMacaranga heterophylla
Macaranga latebrosa
speciesMacaranga latebrosa
Macaranga pearsonii
speciesMacaranga pearsonii
Macaranga trichocarpa
speciesMacaranga trichocarpa
Macaranga rorokae
speciesMacaranga rorokae
Macaranga oblongifolia
speciesMacaranga oblongifolia
Macaranga schweinfurthii
speciesMacaranga schweinfurthii
Macaranga winkleri
speciesMacaranga winkleri
Macaranga gigantifolia
speciesMacaranga gigantifolia
Macaranga aenigmatica
speciesMacaranga aenigmatica
Macaranga hosei
speciesMacaranga hosei
Macaranga spinosa
speciesMacaranga spinosa
Macaranga motleyana
speciesMacaranga motleyana
Macaranga myriolepida
speciesMacaranga myriolepida
Macaranga sphaerophylla
speciesMacaranga sphaerophylla
Macaranga lamellata
speciesMacaranga lamellata
Macaranga costulata
speciesMacaranga costulata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Macaranga in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 133556.