| Rhus taitensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Anacardiaceae |
| Genus: | Rhus |
| Species: | R. taitensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhus taitensis | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
14 synonyms
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Rhus taitensis is a small tree or shrub in the mango familyAnacardiaceae. It is found from tropical Asia, to Australia and many islands of the Pacific Ocean.[3] The chemicaltetrahydroxysqualene from dried and ground parts ofR. taitensis hasin vitro activity againstMycobacterium tuberculosis[4] and the plant has been used in folk medicine locally to treat diarrhea and hearing loss.[5]
The native range ofR. taitensis includes Asian countries, such as Indonesia (Sulawesi,Irian Jaya, easternJava, theLesser Sunda Islands and theMoluccas), Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines; western and south central Pacific island locales, such as the Society Islands of French Polynesia[3] (the type specimens were collected from the island of Tahiti byCarlo Luigi Giuseppe Bertero andJ. A. Moerenhout during an expedition described in Moerenhout's book entitledVoyages aux îles du Grand Océan),[6]Niue,Palau and others withinMicronesia, and theSolomon Islands; and Australia (in northeasternQueensland).[3]
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