Filicium
Genus of Sapindaceae plants
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Filicium is a genus of flowering plants in the soapberry family Sapindaceae, native to east Africa, Madagascar, India and Sri Lanka. The best known species is Filicium decipiens, which is planted as an ornamental tree.[3]
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| Filicium decipiens as a street tree in Maui | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Subfamily: | Dodonaeoideae |
| Tribe: | Doratoxyleae |
| Genus: | Filicium Thwaites (1864)[1] |
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Species
Three species are currently accepted.[2]
- Filicium decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites
- Filicium longifolium (H.Perrier) Capuron
- Filicium thouarsianum (DC.) Capuron