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Bhesa robusta

Bhesa robusta is a species of plant in the Centroplacaceae family. It is a tree native to Indochina, southeastern China, Nepal and the eastern Himalayas, Bangladesh, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo. It is widespread in tropical and subtropical moist lowland forests, typically dipterocarp forests, up to 1,100 metres (3,610 ft) elevation.

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Bhesa robusta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Centroplacaceae
Genus: Bhesa
Species:
B. robusta
Binomial name
Bhesa robusta
Synonyms2
  • Bhesa moja Buch.-Ham.
  • Bhesa sinica (Hung T.Chang & S.Ye Liang) Hung T.Chang & S.Ye Liang
  • Celastrus robustus Roxb. (1824) (basionym)
  • Kurrimia calophylla Wall.
  • Kurrimia pulcherrima Wall. ex M.A.Lawson
  • Kurrimia robusta (Roxb.) Kurz
  • Kurrimia robusta var. roxburghii Pierre
  • Kurrimia robusta var. thorelii Pierre
  • Kurrimia sinica Hung T.Chang & S.Ye Liang
  • Nothocnestis sumatrana Miq.
  • Sarcosperma tonkinense Lecomte

Bhesa robusta is a species of plant in the Centroplacaceae family. It is a tree native to Indochina (Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam), southeastern China, Nepal and the eastern Himalayas, Bangladesh, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo.2 It is widespread in tropical and subtropical moist lowland forests, typically dipterocarp forests, up to 1,100 metres (3,610 ft) elevation.1

The species was first described as Celastrus robustus by William Roxburgh in 1824. In 1958 Ding Hou placed the species in genus Bhesa as B. robusta.2

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