Petalostigma

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Petalostigma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Tribe: Caletieae
Subtribe: Petalostigmatinae
Genus: Petalostigma
F.Muell.
Species
  • Petalostigma banksii
  • Petalostigma nummularium
  • Petalostigma pachyphyllum
  • Petalostigma pubescens - quinine berry, quinine bush, quinine tree
  • Petalostigma quadriloculare

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Synonyms

Xylococcus

Petalostigma is a genus of plants under the family Picrodendraceae and the monogeneric subtribe Petalostigmatinae. It has 7 species found in New Guinea and Australia. In local medicine, pregnancy is said to be avoided by eating the fruit of the quinine bush (Petalostigma pubescens), which, as its name indicates, contains quinine. Plants of this species are also used for relieving pain.[citation needed]

This genus includes the former genus Xylococcus R.Br. ex Britten & S.Moore.

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