Filicium

Filicium
Filicium decipiens as a street tree in Maui
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Subfamily: Dodonaeoideae
Tribe: Doratoxyleae
Genus: Filicium
Thwaites (1864)
Species

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Synonyms
  • Pseudoprotorhus H.Perrier (1944)
  • Jurighas L. ex Kuntze (1891)
  • Pteridophyllum Thwaites (1854), nom. illeg.

Filicium is a genus of flowering plants in the soapberry family Sapindaceae, native to east Africa, Madagascar, India and Sri Lanka. The best known species is Filicium decipiens, which is planted as an ornamental tree.