Bischofia javanica

Bishop wood
Bischofia javanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Tribe: Bischofieae
Genus: Bischofia
Species: B. javanica
Binomial name
Bischofia javanica
Blume

Bischofia javanica (Bishop wood) is a plant species of the family Phyllanthaceae. It and the related B. polycarpa are the only two members of genus (Bischofia) and tribe (Bischofieae). These species are distributed throughout southern and southeast Asia to Australia and Polynesia also in North America (brought to North America as a decorative plant but now considered to be an invasive species). The tree is commonly used by tigers to scratch-mark territory in the jungles of Assam where it is locally called uriam. They also occur in southwestern, central, eastern, and southern China, and also Taiwan, where aboriginal people consider it a sacred tree.[1][2]

Uses

References

  1. 1 2 Hao Zheng; Yun Wu; Jianqing Ding; Denise Binion; Weidong Fu & Richard Reardon (September 2004). "Bischofia javanica (Bishop wood)". Invasive Plants of Asian Origin Established in the US and Their Natural Enemies (PDF). USDA Forest Service. pp. 34–35. Retrieved 2006-11-17.
  2. Li Bingtao (1994). Li Bingtao, ed. "Bischofia Bl.". Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae. Science Press. Beijing, China. 44 (1): 184–188.
  3. Gardner, Simon, Pindar Sidisunthorn, and Vilaiwan Anusarnsunthorn. A Field Guide to Forest Trees of Northern Thailand. Bangkok: Kobfai Publishing Project, 2000.


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