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Mischodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Picrodendraceae
Tribe:	Picrodendreae
Subtribe:	Mischodontinae
Genus:	Mischodon Thwaites
Species:	M. zeylanicus
Binomial name
Mischodon zeylanicus Thwaites

Mischodon is a genus in the family Picrodendraceae, described in 1854. The only known species is Mischodon zeylanicus, a tree native to southern India, Sri Lanka, and the Andaman Islands.

Common names

• Sinhala - Tammanna (තම්මැන්න)
• Tamil - Tampanai

See also

• Taxonomy of the Picrodendraceae

References

1. Thwaites, George Henry Kendrick. 1854. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 6: 299-300 description in Latin, commentary in English
2. Tropicos, Mischodon Thwaites
3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Balakrishnan, N.P. & Chakrabarty, T. (2007). The family Euphorbiaceae in India. A synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography: 1-500. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.

• The Plant List

External links

• http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/266543

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