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Horsfieldia

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Horsfieldia is a genus of evergreen trees.[3] The genus consists of about 100 species and is distributed across South Asia, from India to the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.[3] Some species are used for timber.[4] Species in the genus sometimes contain alkaloids, including horsfiline, which has analgesic effects.[5]

Selected species

List sources :[6][7][8][9]

References

  1. ^ a b The genus Horsfieldia (type: Horsfieldia odorata) was first described and published in Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 4(2): 872. 1806. "Name - !Horsfieldia Willd". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  2. ^ "Index Nominum Genericorum (ING)".
  3. ^ a b Li Bingtao; Thomas K. Wilson (2008). "Myristicaceae". Flora of China (PDF). Vol. 7. pp. 99–101.
  4. ^ H. G. Richter; M. J. Dallwitz (2000). "Commercial timbers: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval. In English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish. Version: 25th June 2009".
  5. ^ Jossang A, Jossang P, Hadi HA, Sevenet T, Bodo B (1991). "Horsfiline, an oxindole alkaloid from Horsfieldia superba". Journal of Organic Chemistry. 56 (23): 6527–6530. doi:10.1021/jo00023a016.
  6. ^ IPNI
  7. ^ Tropicos
  8. ^ IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "The Plant List".
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Horsfieldia: Brief Summary

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Horsfieldia is a genus of evergreen trees. The genus consists of about 100 species and is distributed across South Asia, from India to the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. Some species are used for timber. Species in the genus sometimes contain alkaloids, including horsfiline, which has analgesic effects.

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