Family · Rosids

Tetramelaceae

Small Indo-Pacific family of two giant deciduous rainforest trees valued for their lightweight timber.

Accepted species

2accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genera

2accepted genera · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈16 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Asia-Tropicalmost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Tetrameles nudiflora
• Octomeles sumatrana

Genera

• Octomeles1 spp.
• Tetrameles1 spp.

Where it grows

• Asia-Tropical2
• Asia-Temperate1
• Australasia1

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Tetramelaceae sits in the order Cucurbitales.

• BegoniaceaeBegonias2,181
• CucurbitaceaeGourds — melon, squash, cucumber1,072
• Anisophylleaceae57
• Coriariaceaetutu17
• Apodanthaceaestem parasites12
• Corynocarpaceaekaraka5
• Datiscaceae2