Carapa Aublet 1775 (mahogany)

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Meliaceae

Parent taxon: Meliaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

See also Lakhanpal et al. 1976

Sister taxa: Aglaia, Aglaioxylon, Amoora, Amooroxylon, Aphanamixis, Azadirachta, Beddomea, Carapoxylon, Cedrela, Cedrelophyllum, Chisocheton, Chisochetonoxylon, Chloroxylon, Chukrasia, Dysoxydendron, Dysoxylum, Heyneoxylon, Iugopollis, Melia, Meliaceaecarpum, Meliaceaephyllum, Meliaceophyllum, Meliapollis, Melicarya, Paratrichilioxylon, Synoum, Toona, Trichilia, Vavaea

Subtaxa: Carapa eolignitica Carapa xylocarpoides

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Carapa in the database

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