Meliaceae

Melia L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 384 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is NE. & E. Tropical Africa, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. & E. Australia.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia

Introduced into:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Ascension, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Republic, Chad, Christmas I., Comoros, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., Easter Is., El Salvador, Eswatini, Fiji, Florida, France, Free State, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazan-retto, Korea, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Malawi, Mali, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Mexico, New York, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Northern Provinces, NW. Balkan Pen., Ogasawara-shoto, Oklahoma, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Sicilia, Society Is., South Australia, South Carolina, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, St.Helena, Sudan-South Sudan, Tennessee, Texas, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Türkey, Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Virginia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Harms in E. & P. Pflanzenfam. 19B, 1: 99 (1940).
  • —F.T.A. 1: 332

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 182 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 384 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by A. S. Hassan & M. Cheek [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 182 (1754)
  • Pennington & Styles in Blumea 22: 463 (1975)
  • Sp. Pl.: 384 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Furuse, M. [2645] Japan K005107698 Yes
Hummel, D. [3611] China K005107702 Yes
Faurie (Rev. Pere) [2395] Japan K005107694 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burma K005107791 Yes
Faber, E. (Revd) [s.n.] K005107701 Yes
Furuse, M. [1400] Japan K005107699 Yes
Tothill, J.D.; Paine (Mr) [62] Fiji K005107916 Yes
Hughes, J. [239] Tanzania K:SPC-16519.000 No
Oldham, R. [136] Japan K005107696 Yes
Munzinger, J.; Tronchet, F.; Oddi, A. [1572] New Caledonia K005107912 Yes
Faurie (Rev. Pere) [2351] Japan K005107697 Yes
Westphal, E.; Westphal-Stevels, J.M.C. [880] Ethiopia K005107994 Yes
Kothari, M.J. [173100B] K005107747 Yes
Oldham, R. [139] Japan K005107695 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [8584] Tanzania K:SPC-15463.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] K001132325 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
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