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Mossman Mahogany

Goniocheton arborescens

Mossman Mahogany
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Meliaceae (Meli family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Taiwan (Lan Yü), Andaman & Nicobar Is., Vietnam (I. Poulon Condor) to Vanuatu
Climate
wet tropical

About

Goniocheton arborescens, commonly known in Australia as Mossman mahogany, is a small tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae. It is native to rainforests of Malesia, Papuasia, Queensland and nearby islands.

How to grow it

The Australian botanist David L. Jones wrote in his 1986 book Rainforest Plants of Australia that this species "has good potential as a garden plant and is of manageable dimensions".

Where it grows

This tree is the host for larvae of the orange emperor butterfly.

Other Goniocheton plants

Goniocheton

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Goniocheton arborescens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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