Foetidia

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Foetidia is a genus of between 5-18 species of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae, the sole genus in the subfamily Foetidioideae (sometimes treated in its own family Foetidiaceae). The genus is native to a limited area in eastern Madagascar.

Selected species

Foetidia africana
Foetidia asymetrica
Foetidia clusioides
Foetidia dracaenoides
Foetidia mauritiana
Foetidia obliqua

The wood of Foetidia mauritiana is one of several woods known as Stinkwood because of its unpleasant smell.

External links

[Foetidia] (as Foetidiaceae) in [L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.]

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