Vavaea amicorum
Vavaea amicorum Benth.
Vavaea amicorum is a species in the Meliaceae family, native to regions including Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Is., Fiji, Jawa, Maluku, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tonga, and Vanuatu. The species name amicorum refers to the Friendly Islands (Tonga), part of its distribution.
Description
Vavaea amicorum, described by Benth. in 1843, is a tree belonging to the Meliaceae family. It is found across tropical regions of the Pacific and Southeast Asia. The specific epithet amicorum is derived from the Latin word for 'friends,' alluding to Tonga, known as the Friendly Islands. The species is part of the genus Vavaea, which is native to the same broad geographic range.
Distribution
Global · Bismarck Archipelago · Borneo · Caroline Is. · Fiji · Jawa · Maluku · New Guinea · Northern Territory · Philippines · Queensland · Solomon Is. · Sulawesi · Sumatera · Tonga · Vanuatu
Synonyms
Vitex bantamensisVavaea ledermanniiVavaea chalmersiiVavaea harveyiVavaea heterophyllaVavaea kajewskiiVavaea bougainvillensisVavaea oliganthaVavaea pachyphyllaVavaea paucifloraVavaea lamiiVavaea brevipedunculataVavaea archboldianaVavaea ardisioidesVavaea australianaVavaea bantamensisVavaea retusaVavaea scaevoloidesVavaea surigaoensisVavaea vitiensisVavaea pilosaLamiofrutex papuanusBeilschmiedia brassiiVavaea brassii
