Octomeles

Octomeles
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Tetramelaceae
Genus: Octomeles
Miq.
Species: O. sumatrana
Binomial name
Octomeles sumatrana
Miq.

Octomeles is a monotypic genus of plant in family Tetramelaceae. The sole species is Octomeles sumatrana.

Octomeles sumatrana is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and the Solomon Islands. It and Tetrameles nudiflora are the only two species in the family Tetramelaceae. They were previously classified in the Datiscaceae but found genetically to not form a natural clade with the other members of that family.[1]

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