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Homalium grandiflorum

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Homalium grandiflorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Homalium
Species:
H. grandiflorum
Binomial name
Homalium grandiflorum
Benth.

Homalium grandiflorum is a rainforest tree of the family Salicaceae and is native to Southeast Asia. It is best noted for its blooming interval. According to Corner it blooms only about every twenty years.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Corner, Prof. E.J.H. (1952). Wayside Trees of Malaya. Singapore: Govt. Printing Office. p. 35.