Definition of Melanorrhoea. Meaning of Melanorrhoea. Synonyms of Melanorrhoea

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Definition of Melanorrhoea

Melanorrhoea
Melanorrhoea Mel`a*nor*rh[oe]"a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`las, -anos, black + ? to flow.] (Bot.) An East Indian genus of large trees. Melanorrh[oe]a usitatissima is the lignum-vit[ae] of Pegu, and yelds a valuable black varnish.

Meaning of Melanorrhoea from wikipedia

- Before the work of Ding Hou, several species were placed in the genus Melanorrhoea. As of February 2025[update], Plants of the World online has 35 accepted...
- Gluta usitata, previously known as Melanorrhoea usitata, is an Asian tree species in the family Anacardiaceae. It may be known as Burmese lacquer, theetsee...
- Dobinea Drimycarpus Euleria Euroschinus ****uetia ****imanra Gluta (synonym Melanorrhoea) Haplorhus Heeria Holigarna Laurophyllus Lithraea Loxopterygium Loxostylis...
- flowers, in panicles, are white. Gluta speciosa was first described as Melanorrhoea speciosa by English botanist Henry Nicholas Ridley in the Kew Bulletin...
- and measure up to 4 cm (1.6 in) wide. Gluta oba was first described as Melanorrhoea oba by American botanist Elmer Drew Merrill in the Journal of the Straits...
- measure up to 3.5 cm (1.4 in) wide. Gluta aptera was first described as Melanorrhoea aptera by British botanist George King in 1896 in the Journal of the...
- measure up to 4 cm (1.6 in) wide. Gluta macrocarpa was first described as Melanorrhoea macrocarpa by German botanist Adolf Engler in Monographiae phanerogamarum...
- measure up to 1.5 cm (0.6 in) wide. Gluta wallichii was first described as Melanorrhoea wallichii by Brotish botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1876. In 1978,...
- closely resembles Gluta aptera. Gluta beccarii was first described as Melanorrhoea beccarii by German botanist Adolf Engler in 1881. In 1978, Dutch botanist...
- used poisons, and of high commercial significance as a rodenticide. 15 Melanorrhœa usitata, Burmese lacquer (now known as Gluta usitata), was traditionally...