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  "family": "Anacardiaceae",
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      "scientific_name": "Melanochyla angustifolia",
      "authorship": "Hook.f.",
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      "url": null
    },
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanochyla bracteata",
      "authorship": "King",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanochyla bullata",
      "authorship": "Ding Hou",
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      "slug": "melanochyla-bullata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanochyla caesia",
      "authorship": "(Blume) Ding Hou",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000372652",
      "slug": "melanochyla-caesia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanochyla castaneifolia",
      "authorship": "Ding Hou",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanochyla condensata",
      "authorship": "Kochummen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000372654",
      "slug": "melanochyla-condensata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanochyla densiflora",
      "authorship": "King",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000372655",
      "slug": "melanochyla-densiflora",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanochyla elmeri",
      "authorship": "Merr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000372656",
      "slug": "melanochyla-elmeri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanochyla fasciculiflora",
      "authorship": "Kochummen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000372529",
      "slug": "melanochyla-fasciculiflora",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanochyla fulvinervis",
      "authorship": "(Blume) Ding Hou",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000372557",
      "slug": "melanochyla-fulvinervis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanochyla kunstleri",
      "authorship": "King",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000372389",
      "slug": "melanochyla-kunstleri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanochyla longipetiolata",
      "authorship": "Kochummen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000372390",
      "slug": "melanochyla-longipetiolata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanochyla minutiflora",
      "authorship": "Ding Hou",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000372392",
      "slug": "melanochyla-minutiflora",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanochyla montana",
      "authorship": "Kochummen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000372393",
      "slug": "melanochyla-montana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanochyla nitida",
      "authorship": "King",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000372402",
      "slug": "melanochyla-nitida",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanochyla scalarinervis",
      "authorship": "Kochummen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000372388",
      "slug": "melanochyla-scalarinervis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanochyla semecarpoides",
      "authorship": "Ding Hou",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000372397",
      "slug": "melanochyla-semecarpoides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanochyla tomentosa",
      "authorship": "Hook.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000372399",
      "slug": "melanochyla-tomentosa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanochyla woodiana",
      "authorship": "Kochummen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000372400",
      "slug": "melanochyla-woodiana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    }
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  "evidence_gate": {
    "rule": "at least 3 photographs licensed for commercial use",
    "rationale": "This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species below the gate is listed here rather than given a page of its own."
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "World Flora Online Plant List",
      "note": "accepted names, authorities, classification",
      "license": "CC0",
      "url": "https://www.worldfloraonline.org/",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-12"
    }
  ],
  "license": {
    "data": "CC BY 4.0",
    "attribution": "BotanAI, https://botanai.app/genus/melanochyla/"
  }
}