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-{{Taxobox
+#redirect [[:Category:Meliaceae]]
-| name = Mahogany family
-| image = Chinaberry1216.JPG
-| image_caption = ''[[Melia azedarach]]'' in flower
-| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
-| unranked_divisio = [[flowering plant|Angiosperms]]
-| unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
-| unranked_ordo = [[Rosids]]
-| ordo = [[Sapindales]]
-| familia = '''Meliaceae'''
-| familia_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]]<ref name=APGIII2009>{{Cite journal |last=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group |year=2009 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=105–121 |url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x/abstract  |accessdate=2016-03-21 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x }}</ref>
-| subdivision_ranks = Genera
-| subdivision = See text.
-}}
-'''Meliaceae''', or the '''Mahogany family''', is a [[flowering plant]] family of mostly [[tree]]s and [[shrub]]s (and a few [[herbaceous]] plants, [[mangroves]]) in the order [[Sapindales]].
-They are characterised by alternate, usually pinnate leaves without [[stipule]]s, and by syncarpous,<ref>Of a [[gynoecium]], made up of united carpels</ref> apparently bisexual (but actually mostly cryptically unisexual) [[flower]]s [[Inflorescence|borne]] in panicles, cymes, spikes, or clusters. Most species are [[evergreen]], but some are [[deciduous]], either in the [[dry season]] or in winter.
-The family includes about 53 genera and about 600 known species,<ref name="Christenhusz-Byng2016">{{cite journal |author1=Christenhusz, M. J. M. |author2=Byng, J. W. | year = 2016 | title = The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase | journal = Phytotaxa | volume = 261 | pages = 201–217 | url = http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/download/phytotaxa.261.3.1/20598 | doi = 10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1 | issue = 3 | publisher = Magnolia Press }}</ref> with a pantropical distribution; one genus (''Toona'') extends north into temperate China and south into southeast Australia, and another (''Melia'') nearly as far north.
-[[File:Fruits of Chisocheton paniculatus.JPG|thumb|Fruits of ''[[Chisocheton cumingianus]]'']]
-==Uses==
-Various species are used for [[vegetable oil]], [[soap]]-making, [[insecticide]]s, and highly prized [[wood]] (mahogany).
-Some economically important species belong to this family:
-*[[Neem tree]] ''Azadirachta indica'' (India)
-*[[Carapa|Crabwood Tree]] ''Carapa procera'' (South America and Africa)
-*''[[Cedrela odorata]]'' Central and South America; timber also known as Spanish-cedar
-*[[Entandrophragma|Sapele]] ''Entandrophragma cylindricum'' (tropical Africa)
-*[[Entandrophragma|Utile]] or Sipo, ''Entandrophragma utile'' (tropical Africa)
-*[[Guarea|Bossé]] ''Guarea cedrata'' (Africa)
-*[[Guarea|Bossé]] ''[[Guarea thompsonii]]'' (Africa)
-*[[Khaya|Ivory Coast Mahogany]] ''Khaya ivorensis'' (tropical Africa)
-*[[Khaya|Senegal Mahogany]] ''Khaya senegalensis'' (tropical Africa)
-*[[Chinaberry]] or White Cedar, ''Melia azedarach'' ([[Indomalaya ecozone|Indomalaya]] and [[Australasia]])
-*[[Swietenia|Mahogany]] ''Swietenia'' species (tropical Americas)
-*[[Toona|Toon]], ''Toona'' species (tropical [[Asia]], [[Malesia]], and [[Australia]]), especially ''[[Toona ciliata]]''
-== Genera ==
-[[Image:Aglaiaodorata1web.jpg|right|thumb|Chinese Rice Flower (''[[Aglaia odorata]]'')]]
-{|
-|-valign=top
-|
-*''[[Aglaia (genus)|Aglaia]]''
-*''[[Anthocarapa]]''
-*''[[Aphanamixis]]''
-*''[[Astrotrichilia]]''
-*''[[Azadirachta]]''
-*''[[Cabralea]]''
-*''[[Calodecarya]]''
-*''[[Capuronianthus]]''
-*''[[Carapa]]''
-*''[[Cedrela]]''
-*''[[Cedrelopsis]]''
-*''[[Chisocheton]]''
-*''[[Chukrasia]]''
-*''[[Cipadessa]]''
-*''[[Dysoxylum]]''
-*''[[Ekebergia]]''
-*''[[Entandrophragma]]''
-|
-*''[[Guarea]]''
-*''[[Heckeldora]]''
-*''[[Heynea]]''
-*''[[Humbertioturraea]]''
-*''[[Khaya]]''
-*''[[Lansium]]''
-*''[[Lepidotrichilia]]''
-*''[[Lovoa]]''
-*''[[Malleastrum]]''
-*''[[Melia (plant)|Melia]]''
-*''[[Munronia]]''
-*''[[Naregamia]]''
-*''[[Neobeguea]]''
-*''[[Owenia (plant)|Owenia]]''
-*''[[Pseudobersama]]''
-*''[[Pseudocarapa]]''
-*''[[Pseudocedrela]]''
-|
-*''[[Pterorhachis]]''
-*''[[Reinwardtiodendron]]''
-*''[[Ruagea]]''
-*''[[Sandoricum]]''
-*''[[Schmardaea]]''
-*''[[Soymida]]''
-*''[[Sphaerosacme]]''
-*''[[Swietenia]]''
-*''[[Synoum]]''
-*''[[Toona]]''
-*''[[Trichilia]]''
-*''[[Turraea]]''
-*''[[Turraeanthus]]''
-*''[[Vavaea]]''
-*''[[Walsura]]''
-*''[[Xylocarpus]]''
-|}
-==Notes==
-{{reflist}}
-==References==
-* {{aut|Pennington, T.D. & Styles, B.T.}} (1975): A generic monograph of the Meliaceae. ''Blumea'' '''22''': 419-540.
-==External links==
-*[http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/meliacea.htm Meliaceae] in [https://web.archive.org/web/20070103200438/http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.]
-*[http://www.mahoganyforthefuture.org/projectmeliaceae/ Project Meliaceae]
-[[Category:Meliaceae| ]]
-[[Category:Sapindales families]]

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