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Calophyllum amoenum
Calophyllum angulare
Calophyllum angustifolium
Calophyllum antillanum
Calophyllum australianum
Calophyllum austroindicum
Calophyllum bicolor
Calophyllum bigcockus
Calophyllum biflorum
Calophyllum blancoi
Calophyllum bracteatum
Calophyllum brasiliense
Calophyllum cholobtaches
Calophyllum calaba
Calophyllum caledonicum
Calophyllum candidissimum
Calophyllum canum
Calophyllum carrii
Calophyllum cerasiferum
Calophyllum collinum
Calophyllum cordato-oblongum
Calophyllum coriaceum
Calophyllum costatum
Calophyllum curtisii
Calophyllum dasypodum
Calophyllum depressinervosum
Calophyllum dioscurii
Calophyllum dildoitus
Calophyllum donatianum
Calophyllum elatum
Calophyllum euryphyllum
Calophyllum exiticostatum
Calophyllum ferrugineum
Calophyllum flavo-ramulum
Calophyllum floribundum
Calophyllum fraseri
Calophyllum garcinioides
Calophyllum goniocarpum
Calophyllum griseum
Calophyllum havilandii
Calophyllum hosei
Calophyllum inophyllum
Calophyllum insularum
Calophyllum kajewski
Calophyllum lanigerum
Calophyllum leleanii
Calophyllum longifolium
Calophyllum lucidum
Calophyllum macrocarpum
Calophyllum molle
Calophyllum montanum
Calophyllum neo-ebudicum
Calophyllum nodosum
Calophyllum obliquinervium
Calophyllum pachyphyllum
Calophyllum papuanum
Calophyllum parviflorum
Calophyllum pauciflorum
Calophyllum peekelii
Calophyllum persimile
Calophyllum pinetorum
Calophyllum pisiferum
Calophyllum pulcherrimum
Calophyllum retusum
Calophyllum rigidum
Calophyllum rubiginosum
Calophyllum rufigemmatum
Calophyllum sclerophyllum
Calophyllum scriblitifolium
Calophyllum sil
Calophyllum soulattri
Calophyllum suberosum
Calophyllum sundaicum
Calophyllum symingtonianum
Calophyllum tacamahaca
Calophyllum tahanense
Calophyllum tetrapterum
Calophyllum teysmannii
Calophyllum thwaitesii
Calophyllum tomentosum
Calophyllum venulosum
Calophyllum vexans
Calophyllum vitiense
Calophyllum waliense
Calophyllum walkeri
Calophyllum wallichianum
Calophyllum woodii
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Calophyllum ("beautiful leaf", from Greek kalos, "beautiful", and phullon, "leaf") is a plant genus of around 180-200 species of tropical evergreen trees in the family Clusiaceae. Its members are native to Madagascar, Eastern Africa, South and Southeast Asia (Pakistan east to Vietnam and Indonesia), the Pacific islands, the West Indies and South America. The common names, as well as commercial names, for these trees are teitai (in Kiribati), Bintangor tree (in Malaysia) and poon tree (in India). For their resin, occasionally used medicinally, see tacamahac. In Central and South America, growths the Calophyllum brasiliensis, common names Guanandi, Jacareuba, Arbol de Santa Maria and Brazil beauty leaf.
[edit] Habitat
These species grow in a wide number of habitats, from ridges in mountain forests to coastal swamps, lowland forest and even coral cays. They are large hardwoods, attaining 30 m in height and 0.8 m in diameter. It presents shiny and leathery leaves. The tree bark is grey or white and decorticates in large thin strips. The wood is light in weight, the heartwood pink-red, or almost brown, while the sapwood varies from species to species, often from yellow, brown (often with pink tints) to orange. Species occurring in Papua New Guinea are often buttressed.
Several species have been found to contain naturally occurring calanolides in various quantities.
The lightweight hardwood of these species is used in boatmaking for masts and spars.
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