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Melaleuca
Melaleuca, the paperbarks, is a Myrtaceae genus of about 260 to 382 species native from Indo-China to Australia and New Caledonia. Its species yield tea tree and niaouli oils, while M. quinquenervia has invaded over 200,000 hectares of Florida Everglades wetlands.
Melaleuca alternifolia
Melaleuca alternifolia, the Australian tea tree, a Myrtaceae shrub native to Queensland and northeast NSW; source of tea tree oil (terpinen-4-ol type, ISO 4730), used topically for acne and infections, toxic if swallowed.
Melastoma malabathricum
Melastoma malabathricum (senduduk, Singapore rhododendron, Malabar melastome) is a Melastomataceae shrub native from Seychelles and Asia to Australia, a folk-medicinal aluminum-accumulating weed with purple berries that stain the mouth black.
Melastomataceae
Melastomataceae Juss., the melastome family, a pantropical Myrtales family of about 150–190 genera and 4,500–5,800 species, recognized by acrodromous leaf venation, hypanthiate flowers, and buzz-pollinated poricidal anthers.
Metrosideros
Metrosideros, the rātā and pōhutukawa genus of Myrtaceae, is a group of about 60 Pacific woody species with centres of diversity in New Zealand and New Caledonia, wind-dispersed seeds, red flowers, and vulnerability to myrtle rust and rapid ʻōhiʻa death.
Miconia calvescens
Miconia calvescens (velvet tree, purple plague), a Melastomataceae tree from Central and South America, is a notorious Pacific island invader that has overrun Tahiti's forests and is targeted by eradication programs in Hawaii, Australia, and New Caledonia.
Myrciaria
Myrciaria O.Berg is a genus of 47 accepted New World Myrtaceae shrubs and trees, native to tropical America with peak diversity in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, including jaboticaba and camu-camu fruit species.
Myrciaria dubia
Myrciaria dubia, camu-camu, is an Amazonian Myrtaceae shrub or small tree of flooded riverbanks across Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Guyana, and Bolivia, with pulp containing 2.4-3.0 g vitamin C per 100 g; IUCN Least Concern.
Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae, the myrtle family (myrtle family, Myrtaceae Juss.), is a pantropical family of aromatic woody plants with about 140 genera and 5,500 species, including Eucalyptus, Syzygium, Eugenia, Psidium (guava) and Melaleuca, recognized by pellucid-dotted leaves and many stamens.
Myrtales
Myrtales (Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl, 1820), also called Epilobiales, is an order of eudicot flowering plants in the malvids with nine families, about 13,000 species, a Gondwanan origin, and major families Myrtaceae and Melastomataceae.
Myrtus
Myrtus is a small genus of aromatic Myrtaceae shrubs, type species Myrtus communis (common myrtle, arrayán, mirto), native Macaronesia to Pakistan; modern reviews recognize two species, M. communis and Saharan M. nivellei, used in medicine, food, and perfumery.
Myrtus communis
Myrtus communis (common myrtle), an evergreen Myrtaceae shrub native from Macaronesia to Pakistan, used in folk medicine and food; rich in essential oils and polyphenols, IUCN least concern, not yet a regulatory-approved drug.
Oenothera
Oenothera (evening primroses) is a New World genus of about 140-156 herbaceous species in Onagraceae, famous as de Vries's mutation-theory plant, with biparental chloroplast inheritance, Renner complexes, and seed oil rich in gamma-linolenic acid.
Oenothera biennis
Oenothera biennis, the common evening primrose, is a biennial herb native to North America with bright yellow flowers that open at night, grown as the source of evening primrose oil.
Onagraceae
Onagraceae, the evening primrose family (Onagraceae Juss., nom. cons., 1789), a Myrtales family of about 650 species in 22-23 genera, mostly New World herbs and shrubs with 4-merous flowers, inferior ovaries, and viscin-threaded pollen; includes Oenothera, Fuchsia, Clarkia, Epilobium, Ludwigia.
Rotala
Rotala (rotala, dwarf rotala, roundleaf toothcup) is a genus of about 71–75 aquatic herbs in Lythraceae, established by Linnaeus in 1771; R. rotundifolia is a Category II invasive weed in south Florida and a popular aquarium plant.
Syzygium
Syzygium (Myrtaceae), the world's most species-rich tree genus with over 1100 species, Old World tropics, origin in Australia-New Guinea; includes clove (S. aromaticum) and jambolan (S. cumini).
Syzygium cumini
Syzygium cumini (jambolan, Java plum, jamun) is a Myrtaceae evergreen tree native from tropical Asia to north Queensland, grown for dark purple astringent fruit, used in traditional medicine, and invasive in south Florida.
Terminalia
Terminalia L. is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs in Combretaceae, first published in 1767, with roughly 200-278 accepted species. Known for Terminalia-type branching, winged fruits, valuable timber, and medicinal species such as T. chebula and T. catappa.
Terminalia catappa
Terminalia catappa (tropical almond, Indian almond, ketapang) is a coastal Combretaceae tree native to the Indo-Pacific, grown for shade and edible seeds, with buoyant salt-tolerant seeds that make it invasive in Florida and the Caribbean.
Terminalia chebula
Terminalia chebula (haritaki, chebulic myrobalan), Combretaceae tree of South Asia; dried fruit Chebulae Fructus used in Ayurveda, TCM, and Triphala; rich in hydrolyzable tannins like chebulagic acid.
Terminalia ivorensis
Terminalia ivorensis (framire, idigbo, black afara) is a Vulnerable West African Combretaceae timber tree from Guinea to Cameroon, grown in plantations for oak-like wood, shade, medicine, and dye.
Terminalia superba
Terminalia superba (limba, fraké) is a large West and Central African Combretaceae timber tree, a light-demanding pioneer traded as one of Africa's major timbers and used in traditional medicine.
Trapa
Trapa (water caltrop, water chestnut) is a genus of annual floating-leaved aquatic plants in Lythraceae, native to the Old World, with 8 accepted species, starchy edible horned fruits, and invasive populations in North America.
Ugni
Ugni (uñi) is a genus of four accepted Myrtaceae shrub species native from Mexico to southern South America; Ugni molinae, the Chilean guava or murtilla, is a cultivated Patagonian berry, distinct from Myrtus and from Amomyrtus luma.
Verticordia
Verticordia (feather-flower) is a conserved Australian genus of about 102 species of showy shrubs in Myrtaceae, tribe Chamelaucieae, centered in southwest Western Australia, with plumose stigmas and many rare, range-restricted species.
Vochysiaceae
Vochysiaceae A.St.-Hil., a family of Myrtales trees and shrubs, sister to Myrtaceae, with zygomorphic one-stamen flowers and spurred sepal; Neotropical with a few West African species, about 200 species in 7-9 genera.
Water caltrop
Water caltrop (Trapa natans), also called water chestnut or singhara, is an annual floating-leaved aquatic plant with horned edible fruits, native to Eurasia and Africa, a protected crop in Asia and Europe but a noxious invasive weed in North America and Australia.