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{{Short description|Genus of trees}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Synoum - large tree Chatswood west.jpg
|image_caption = ''Synoum glandulosum'' - [[Chatswood West]], [[Australia]]
|display_parents = 2
|genus = Synoum
|parent_authority = [[A.Juss.]]
|species = glandulosum
|authority = ([[James Edward Smith (botanist)|Sm.]]) [[Adrien-Henri de Jussieu|A.Juss.]]
}}

'''''Synoum''''' is a [[monotypic]] [[genus]] of [[evergreen]] [[tree]] in the family [[Meliaceae]]. It is endemic to [[Australia]] where it is found along the eastern sub-tropical to tropical coast, usually on the margins of [[rainforests]], in [[Queensland]] and [[New South Wales]].

The genus was originally described by French naturalist [[Adrien-Henri de Jussieu]] in 1830.<ref>{{APNI | name = Synoum | id = 9881}}</ref>

The only species recognized is '''''Synoum glandulosum''''', known commonly as '''scentless rosewood'''.<ref>{{APNI | name = Synoum glandulosum (Sm.) A.Juss. | id = 9899}}</ref> It resembles the related ''[[Toona]]'', except that the leaves have 5-9 leaflets, whereas ''Toona'' has 8-20. Its fruit matures December to January and is a reddish three-lobed capsule that contains two or three seeds surrounded by a red [[aril]]. Germination from fresh seed is reliable and relatively fast. It is [[dioecious]], with male and female flowers on separate plants.<ref name=Pennington>{{cite journal|first1=T. D.|last1=Pennington|first2=B. T.|last2=Styles|title=A Generic Monograph of the Meliaceae|journal=Blumea|volume=22|date=1975|pages=419–540|citeseerx=10.1.1.846.5119 }}</ref>

The timber of ''Synoum'' is used in local construction as sawn timber for general house framing, flooring, mouldings and joinery. It is also used for furniture, shop and office fixtures, panelling, turnery, carving, as structural plywood, scaffold planks, wood wool, paper products, particleboard, and medium density fibreboard.

==Gallery==
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Image:Synoum - bark.jpg|Bark on a large ''Synoum'' tree
Image:Synoum flower buds.JPG|''Synoum'' flower buds
Image:Synoum - flowers.jpg|''Synoum''  flowers
</gallery>

<gallery>
Image:Synoum - fruit.JPG|''Synoum'' fruit
Image:Synoum - large tree base Chatswood west.jpg|Base of a 15 metre tall ''Synoum''
Image:Synoum - juvenile foliage.jpg|''Synoum'' - juvenile foliage
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Meliaceae]]
[[Category:Monotypic Sapindales genera]]
[[Category:Meliaceae genera]]
[[Category:Sapindales of Australia]]
[[Category:Flora of New South Wales]]
[[Category:Flora of Queensland]]
[[Category:Dioecious plants]]