Foetidia

Foetidia

Taxobox
name = "Foetidia"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Lecythidaceae
genus = "Foetidia" Comm. ex Lam.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Foetidia" is a genus of between 5-18 species of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae, the sole genus in the subfamily Foetidioideae (sometimes treated in its own family Foetidiaceae). The genus is native to a limited area in eastern Madagascar.

;Selected species
*"Foetidia africana"
*"Foetidia asymetrica"
*"Foetidia clusioides"
*"Foetidia dracaenoides"
*"Foetidia mauritiana"
*"Foetidia obliqua"

The wood of "Foetidia mauritiana" is one of several woods known as Stinkwood because of its unpleasant smell.

External links

* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/foetidia.htm "Foetidia"] (as Foetidiaceae) in [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.]


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