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Dysoxylum is a genus of rainforest trees and shrubs in the flowering plant family Meliaceae. About 34 species are recognised in the genus, distributed from India and southern China, through southeast Asia to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Australia. The name Dysoxylum derives from the Greek word ‘Dys’ meaning "bad" referring to "ill-smelling" and ‘Xylon’ meaning "wood".
The genus ranges from the Indian subcontinent to Indochina, southern China, Malesia, New Guinea and the Solomon and Santa Cruz Islands, and northern and eastern Australia.
The Australian species were prized for their wood which is a rich red in colour and was widely used in the furniture trade. The common timber name for the Australian species is the rose mahogany. The New Zealand species, kohekohe (D. spectabile), is sometimes known as New Zealand mahogany, because its wood is light, strong and polishes to a fine red colour.
Dysoxylum acutangulum · Dysoxylum brachybotrys · Dysoxylum carolinae · Dysoxylum cyrtobotryum · Dysoxylum flavescens · Dysoxylum gotadhora · Dysoxylum grande · Dysoxylum latifolium · Dysoxylum macrocarpum · Dysoxylum magnificum · White Cedar · Pink Mahogany
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