Filicium decipiens
Species of plant in the family Sapindaceae
Filicium decipiens | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Sapindaceae |
Genus: | Filicium |
Species: | F. decipiens |
Binomial name | |
Filicium decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites | |
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Filicium decipiens, called the ferntree, fern tree or fern leaf tree, is a species of Filicium found in east Africa, Madagascar, India and Sri Lanka. It is planted as an ornamental tree in the Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Hawaii, and elsewhere.[2]
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