Epicharis parasitica (yellow mahogany)

Epicharis parasitica (Osbeck) Mabb. (2021 October 30) .
Synonym since 2021: Dysoxylum parasiticum (Osbeck) Kosterm. (1966) .
Synonym: Melia parasitica Osbeck (1757) . 

Zich et al. (2020) Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system (RFK ed. 8), 
quotation: " 

Distribution and Ecology

Occurs in Cape York Peninsula, the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld. and central eastern Qld..
Altitudinal range from near sea level to 1000 m.
Grows in well developed rain forest on a variety of sites.
Also occurs in Taiwan, Malesia and the Solomon Islands.

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Botanical Scholarly Literature References:  

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2025):
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH):
Epicharis parasitica (Osbeck) Mabb. (2021 October 30): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/51459197/api/apni-format .
Viewed: 2025 June 30th .

• Zich Frank A., Bernie P. M. Hyland, Trevor Whiffin, Raelee A. Kerrigan (2020) 
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 8 ('RFK 8'): 
Dysoxylum parasiticum (Osbeck) Kosterm. fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Dysoxylum_parasiticum.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/ 
Viewed: 2025 June 30th .

• Ngugi L B, Qld Herbarium (2025) 
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2023.
Epicharis parasitica (Osbeck) Mabb. – "Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Least Concern" .
Queensland Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government.
→ http://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora-and-fungi-2023 
Dataset Accessed: 2025 June 30th .

• Cooper, Wendy and William T. (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: (287–) 290 (–292) as Dysoxylum parasiticum (Osbeck) Kosterm. .
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 .

• Holzmeyer Laura, Frank Hauenschild, David J. Mabberley and Alexandra N. Muellner-Riehl (2021 Oct. 30)
Confirmed polyphyly, generic recircumscription and typification of Dysoxylum (Meliaceae), with revised disposition of currently accepted species.
Taxon 70 (6): 1248–1272 .
https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12591 .

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