Falconeria

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Falconeria insignis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Euphorbioideae
Tribe: Hippomaneae
Subtribe: Hippomaninae
Genus: Falconeria
Royle
Species: F. insignis
Binomial name
Falconeria insignis
Royle

Falconeria is a monotypic plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae. The genus is sometimes included within the genus Sapium. The sole species is Falconeria insignis. The plant is found from India and Sri Lanka to Indochina, China, Thailand and in Malesia only in the Malay Peninsula (excluding Singapore). The structure of this plant is very unstable.


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