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| synonyms = {{Collapsible list
|Alliaria caulostachya {{Au|Kuntze}}
|Alliaria ramiflora {{Au|Kuntze}}
|Alliaria speciosa {{Au|Kuntze}}
|Azedarach ramiflorum {{Au|Noronha}}
|Dysoxylum brachypodum {{Au|Baker f.}}
|Dysoxylum callianthum {{Au|Merr. & L.M.Perry}}
|Dysoxylum caulostachyum {{Au|Miq.}}
|Dysoxylum densevestitum {{Au|C.T.White}}
|Dysoxylum fissum {{Au|C.T.White & W.D.Francis ex Lane-Poole}}
|Dysoxylum leytense {{Au|Merr.}}
|Dysoxylum loheri {{Au|Merr.}}
|Dysoxylum longicalicinum {{Au|C.DC.}}
|Dysoxylum longiflorum {{Au|Merr.}}
|Dysoxylum longipetalum {{Au|C.DC.}}
|Dysoxylum megalanthum {{Au|Hemsl.}}
|Dysoxylum novoguineeuse {{Au|Warb.}}
|Dysoxylum ramiflorum {{Au|Miq.}}
|Dysoxylum richardianum {{Au|Merr. & L.M.Perry}}
|Dysoxylum robinsonii {{Au|Merr.}}
|Dysoxylum roemeri {{Au|C.DC.}}
|Dysoxylum rumphii {{Au|Merr.}}
|Dysoxylum schiffneri {{Au|F.Muell.}}
|Dysoxylum sericeum {{Au|(Blume) Adelb.}}
|Dysoxylum speciosum {{Au|(A.Juss.) Miq.}}
|Epicharis brachypoda {{Au|(Baker f.) Harms}}
|Epicharis calliantha {{Au|(Merr. & L.M.Perry) Harms}}
|Epicharis cauliflora {{Au|Blume}}
|Epicharis caulostachya {{Au|(Miq.) Harms}}
|Epicharis densevestita {{Au|(C.T.White) Harms}}
|Epicharis hyacinthodora {{Au|Harms}}
|Epicharis leytensis {{Au|(Merr.) Harms}}
|Epicharis loheri {{Au|(Merr.) Harms}}
|Epicharis longicalycina {{Au|(C.DC.) Harms}}
|Epicharis longiflora {{Au|(Merr.) Harms}}
|Epicharis longipetala {{Au|(C.DC.) Harms}}
|Epicharis megalantha {{Au|(Hemsl.) Harms}}
|Epicharis ramiflora {{Au|(Miq.) Pierre}}
|Epicharis robinsonii {{Au|(Merr.) Harms}}
|Epicharis rumphii {{Au|(Merr.) Harms}}
|Epicharis schiffneri {{Au|(F.Muell.) Harms}}
|Epicharis sericea {{Au|Blume}}
|Guarea cauliflora {{Au|Reinw. ex Blume}}
|Guarea sericea {{Au|Spreng.}}
}}
| synonyms_ref = [[2]]
}}Dysoxylum parasiticum, known as yellow mahogany, is a species of rainforest trees in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet {{lang|la|parasiticum}} is from the Latin meaning "parasitic", referring to the now-incorrect idea that the flowers are parasitic on another tree species.[5]Taxonomy and naming
Swedish naturalist Pehr Osbeck described this species as Melia parasitica in 1751, before it was transferred to the genus Dysoxylum by Indonesian botanist André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans in 1966.[6] Australian populations were known as Dysoxylum schiffneri.[7]
The Bajau people of Sabah know it as jarum-jarum,[5] while it is commonly known as yellow mahogany in Queensland.[6]
Description
Dysoxylum parasiticum trees grow up to {{Convert|36|m|-1}} tall with a trunk that has a diameter of up to {{Convert|60|cm|0}} and up to {{Convert|1.5|m|ft|0|adj=on}} buttresses.[10] The smooth bark is yellowish to grey-brown. The sweetly scented flowers are white or creamish-coloured. The red-brown fruits are roundish, and up to {{Convert|4|cm|in||abbr=on}} in diameter.[5] Both flowers and fruits grow directly off the trunk (cauliflory) to near ground level, or off the large branches (ramiflory).[6][13]Distribution and habitat
Dysoxylum parasiticum trees grow naturally in Taiwan and throughout Malesia, to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Queensland.[5][6][10][13][18][19] Their habitat is rainforest from sea-level to {{convert|2100|m|-3}} altitude.[5] In Queensland they are found from sea level to {{convert|1400|m|-3}}, in such areas in the northeast as Mount Bellenden Ker.[7]Uses
Dysoxylum parasiticum has potential as a feature tree in parks or gardens in areas with subtropical or tropical climates. It prefers acid soils with good drainage and dappled sun or part-shade. The species can be propagated by fresh seed.[7]References
1. ^1 2 {{Cite web | title = Dysoxylum parasiticum (Osbeck) Kosterm. | url = http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2780112 | work = The Plant List | accessdate = 9 March 2014}}
2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{Cite book | last1 = Mabberley | first1 = David J. | last2 = Sing | first2 = Anne M. | date = March 2007 | contribution = Dysoxylum parasiticum (Osbeck) Kosterm. | contribution-url= http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/backup/TFSS.vol4_5_6.pdf | editor1-last = Soepadmo | editor1-first = E. | editor2-last = Saw | editor2-first = L. G. | editor3-last = Chung | editor3-first = R. C. K. | editor4-last = Kiew | editor4-first = Ruth | title = Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak | volume = 6 | pages = 173–174 | publisher = Forest Research Institute Malaysia | isbn = 983-2181-89-5 | url = http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/Resources/Publications/Books/Floras/Tree-Flora-of-Sabah-and-Sarawak.aspx | version = (free online from the publisher, lesser resolution scan PDF versions) | accessdate = 9 March 2014 }}
3. ^1 2 3 4 {{RFK6.1 | url= http://keys.trin.org.au/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Dysoxylum_parasiticum.htm | accessdate= 14 Mar 2014 }}
4. ^1 2 {{Cite book | last1= Cooper | first1= Wendy | last2= Cooper | first2= William T. | authorlink2= William T. Cooper |date=June 2004 | contribution= Dysoxylum parasiticum (Osbeck) Kosterm. | contribution-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=s0JFAQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22Dysoxylum%20parasiticum%22 | title= Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest | page= 290 | place= Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia | publisher= Nokomis Editions | isbn= 9780958174213 | url= http://nokomis.com.au/fruits.html | accessdate= 15 March 2014}}
5. ^1 {{Cite web | url= http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242412998 | title= Dysoxylum parasiticum | last1= Peng | first1= Hua | last2= Mabberley | first2= David J. | others= eFloras.org | year= 2008 | origyear= | work= Flora of China | version= Online version (print version) | volume= Vol. 11 (Oxalidaceae through Aceraceae) | editor1-last= Wu | editor1-first= Z. Y. | editor2-last= Raven | editor2-first= P. H. | location= Beijing and St. Louis, MO | publisher= Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press | accessdate= 15 March 2014}}
6. ^1 2 {{Cite book | last1= Mabberley | first1= David J. | author1-link= David Mabberley | last2= Pannel | first2= C. M. | last3= Sing | first3= A. M. | year= 1995 | contribution= Dysoxylum parasiticum | contribution-url= https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28713397 | title= Flora Malesiana | series= Series I, Spermatophyta : Flowering Plants | volume= Vol. 12 pt. 1: Meliaceae | issue= | pages= 76–81 | location= Leiden, The Netherlands | publisher= Rijksherbarium / Hortus Botanicus, Leiden University | type= Digitised, online, via biodiversitylibrary.org | isbn= 90-71236-26-9 | accessdate= 15 Mar 2014}}
7. ^1 {{Cite web | last1= Conn | first1= Barry J. | last2= Damas | first2= Kipiro Q. | year= 2006 | title= PNGTreesKey – Dysoxylum parasiticum (Osbeck) Kosterm. | url= http://www.pngplants.org/PNGtrees/TreeDescriptions/Dysoxylum_parasiticum_Osbeck_Kosterm.html | work= Guide to Trees of Papua New Guinea | format= Online, from pngplants.org/PNGtrees | accessdate= 15 March 2014 }}
8. ^1 2 3 {{Cite book | last1=Elliot | first1= Rodger W. | last2= Jones | first2= David L. | last3= Blake | first3= Trevor | title= Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants Suitable for Cultivation: Volume 3 - Ce-Er | year= 1984| page= 377| publisher= Lothian Press | location= Port Melbourne, Victoria | isbn=0-85091-167-2 }}
| accessdate= 15 March 2014 }}[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
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