Phaleria
Phaleria is flowering plant genus of about 25 species in the family Thymelaeaceae, which range from Sri Lanka to Malesia, Papuasia, northern and eastern Australia, and the tropical Pacific Islands.
Uses
Some species, like the mahkota dewa are known to produce agarwood. Many others have long histories of use in traditional medicine like delal a kar which is used as a panacea by Palauans.Species
25 species are accepted.- Phaleria acuminata — Fiji, American Samoa, Tonga, Western Samoa
- Phaleria angustifolia — Fiji
- Phaleria biflora – Qld, Australia endemic
- Phaleria capitata – salagong-gubat
- Phaleria chermsideana – Qld, NSW, Australia
- Phaleria clerodendron – scented daphne
- Phaleria coccinea – New Guinea, New Britain, Moluccas, Philippines
- Phaleria disperma – Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna
- Phaleria elegans – New Guinea endemic
- Phaleria glabra — Fiji, Tonga
- Phaleria ixoroides — Fiji
- Phaleria lanceolata — Fiji
- Phaleria longituba — New Guinea
- Phaleria macrocarpa – mahkota dewa
- Phaleria montana — Fiji
- Phaleria nisidae — delal a kar
- Phaleria octandra – dwarf phaleria
- Phaleria okapensis — New Guinea
- Phaleria pentecostalis — Vanuatu
- Phaleria perrottetiana – New Guinea, Moluccas, Borneo, Philippines
- Phaleria pilistyla — New Guinea
- Phaleria pubiflora — Fiji
- Phaleria pulchra — Fiji
- Phaleria sogerensis – New Guinea
- Phaleria stevensiana — Sulawesi
Taxonomy and phylogeny