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Glochidion
Glochidion is a genus of flowering plants, of the family Phyllanthaceae, known as cheese trees or buttonwood in Australia, and leafflower trees in the scientific literature. It comprises about 300 species, distributed from Madagascar to the Pacific Islands. Glochidion species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Aenetus eximia and Endoclita damor. The Nicobarese people have attested to the medicinal properties found in G. calocarpum, saying that its bark and...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Cheese Tree
speciesGlochidion ferdinandi
Umbrella Cheese Tree
speciesGlochidion zeylanicum
Common Glochidion
speciesGlochidion rubrum
Glochidion philippicum
speciesGlochidion philippicum
Glochidion acuminatum
speciesGlochidion acuminatum
Glochidion lanceolatum
speciesGlochidion lanceolatum
Hairy-fruited Abacus plant
speciesGlochidion eriocarpum
Glochidion puberum
speciesGlochidion puberum
Large-leaved Abacus Plant
speciesGlochidion lanceolarium
Glochidion littorale
speciesGlochidion littorale
Glochidion billardierei
speciesGlochidion billardierei
Glochidion kusukusense
speciesGlochidion kusukusense
Assam Leaf-Flower
speciesGlochidion ellipticum
Glochidion lobocarpum
speciesGlochidion lobocarpum
Wright's Abacus Plant
speciesGlochidion wrightii
Buttonwood
speciesGlochidion harveyanum
Glochidion hohenackeri
speciesGlochidion hohenackeri
Glochidion obscurum
speciesGlochidion obscurum
Glochidion obovatum
speciesGlochidion obovatum
Glochidion album
speciesGlochidion album
Glochidion wilsonii
speciesGlochidion wilsonii
Glochidion caledonicum
speciesGlochidion caledonicum
Glochidion disparipes
speciesGlochidion disparipes
Glochidion heyneanum
speciesGlochidion heyneanum
Glochidion ramiflorum
speciesGlochidion ramiflorum
Glochidion xerocarpum
speciesGlochidion xerocarpum
Glochidion sphaerogynum
speciesGlochidion sphaerogynum
Glochidion sessiliflorum
speciesGlochidion sessiliflorum
Glochidion superbum
speciesGlochidion superbum
Glochidion woodii
speciesGlochidion woodii
Glochidion hylandii
speciesGlochidion hylandii
Glochidion benthamianum
speciesGlochidion benthamianum
Glochidion lutescens
speciesGlochidion lutescens
Glochidion candolleanum
speciesGlochidion candolleanum
Glochidion anthopotamicum
speciesGlochidion anthopotamicum
Glochidion chodoense
speciesGlochidion chodoense
Glochidion wallichianum
speciesGlochidion wallichianum
Glochidion apodogynum
speciesGlochidion apodogynum
Glochidion taitense
speciesGlochidion taitense
Glochidion trichogynum
speciesGlochidion trichogynum
Glochidion moonii
speciesGlochidion moonii
Glochidion namilo
speciesGlochidion namilo
Glochidion borneense
speciesGlochidion borneense
Glochidion palauense
speciesGlochidion palauense
Glochidion macrocarpum
speciesGlochidion macrocarpum
Glochidion marchionicum
speciesGlochidion marchionicum
Glochidion novoguineense
speciesGlochidion novoguineense
Glochidion luzonense
speciesGlochidion luzonense
Glochidion nemorale
speciesGlochidion nemorale
Glochidion weberi
speciesGlochidion weberi
Glochidion meijeri
speciesGlochidion meijeri
Glochidion merrillii
speciesGlochidion merrillii
Glochidion subfalcatum
speciesGlochidion subfalcatum
Glochidion nesophilum
speciesGlochidion nesophilum
Glochidion oxygonum
speciesGlochidion oxygonum
Glochidion christophersenii
speciesGlochidion christophersenii
Glochidion multiloculare
speciesGlochidion multiloculare
Glochidion molle
speciesGlochidion molle
Glochidion daltonii
speciesGlochidion daltonii
Glochidion fulvirameum
speciesGlochidion fulvirameum
Where it lives
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