Humbertioturraea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae.
It is native to Madagascar.
The genus name of Humbertioturraea is in honour of Jean-Henri Humbert (1887–1967), a French botanist born in Paris, and later portion of the name refers to Turraea a genus of plants in the same family of Meliaceae. The genus was first described and published by Jean-François Leroy in Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. Séries D Vol.269 on page 2322 in 1969.
Known species According to Kew:
Humbertioturraea baronii Humbertioturraea decaryana Humbertioturraea grandidieri Humbertioturraea labatii Humbertioturraea maculata Humbertioturraea malifolia Humbertioturraea rhamnifolia Humbertioturraea seyrigii
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