Eurycoma

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Simaroubaceae
Genus: Eurycoma
Species: E. apiculata – E. harmandiana – E. longifolia
Name

Eurycoma Jack, Malayan Misc. 2(7): 44. (1822)

Type species: Eurycoma longifolia Jack, Malayan Misc. 2(7): 45. (1822)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Picroxylon Warb.

References

Jack, W. 1822. Malayan Miscellanies 2(7): 44.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Eurycoma in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb. 6. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Eurycoma. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Feb. 6. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Eurycoma. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 6 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Eurycoma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Feb. 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Eurycoma in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Eurycoma is a small genus of three or four species of flowering plants in the family Simaroubaceae, native to tropical southeastern Asia. They are small evergreen trees with spirally arranged pinnate leaves. The flowers are small, produced in large panicles.

Selected species

Eurycoma apiculata Benn.
Eurycoma harmandiana Pierre
Eurycoma latifolia Ridl.
Eurycoma longifolia Jack