Foetidia

Foetidia is a genus of flowering plants first described as a genus in 1788.

Most authors place the genus in the family Lecythidaceae, the sole genus in the subfamily Foetidioideae, but some prefer to treat it as a distinct family, the Foetidiaceae. It is native to eastern Africa and to various islands in the Indian Ocean.

Species
Source:

• # Foetidia africana - Uzaramo District in Tanzania

• # Foetidia asymetrica - Madagascar

• # Foetidia capuronii - Madagascar

• # Foetidia clusioides - Madagascar

• # Foetidia comorensis - Mayotte

• # Foetidia cuneata - Madagascar

• # Foetidia delphinensis - Madagascar

• # Foetidia dracaenoides - Madagascar

• # Foetidia macrocarpa - Madagascar

• # Foetidia mauritiana - Mauritius, Réunion

• # Foetidia obliqua - Pemba I, Madagascar

• # Foetidia parviflora - Madagascar

• # Foetidia pterocarpa - Madagascar

• # Foetidia retusa - Madagascar

• # Foetidia rodriguesiana - Rodrigues

• # Foetidia rubescens - Madagascar

• # Foetidia sambiranensis - Madagascar

• # Foetidia vohemarensis - Madagascar

The wood of Foetidia mauritiana is one of several woods known as stinkwood because of its unpleasant smell.