Cleistanthus is a plant genus of the family Phyllanthaceae , tribe Bridelieae , first described as a genus in 1848.[3] [4] It is widespread in much of the Old World Tropics in Asia, Africa, Australia, and various oceanic islands.[2] [5] [6] Cleistanthus collinus is known for being toxic and may be the agent of homicides or suicides .[7]
Species[2]
Cleistanthus acuminatus – Sri Lanka
Cleistanthus andamanicus – Andaman Islands
Cleistanthus angustifolius – Luzon
Cleistanthus annamensis – Vietnam
Cleistanthus apodus – Queensland , eastern New Guinea
Cleistanthus bakonensis – Borneo
Cleistanthus balakrishnanii – Nicobar Islands
Cleistanthus bambidianus – Gabon
Cleistanthus baramicus – Borneo
Cleistanthus beccarianus – Sarawak
Cleistanthus bipindensis – Central Africa
Cleistanthus boivinianus – Madagascar
Cleistanthus bracteosus – Peninsular Malaysia
Cleistanthus bracteosus – Indonesia, Philippines
Cleistanthus capuronii – eastern Madagascar
Cleistanthus carolinianus – Palau
Cleistanthus caudatus – Central Africa
Cleistanthus celebicus – Sabah, Sulawesi
Cleistanthus chlorocarpus – Sarawak
Cleistanthus collinus – Indian Subcontinent
Cleistanthus concinnus – Hainan , Vietnam
Cleistanthus contractus – Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah
Cleistanthus coriaceus – Sarawak
Cleistanthus cunninghamii – Queensland, New South Wales
Cleistanthus curtisii – Peninsular Malaysia
Cleistanthus dallachyanus – Queensland, Northern Territory
Cleistanthus decurrens – Thailand, Philippines, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia
Cleistanthus denudatus – Thailand
Cleistanthus discolor – Queensland
†Cleistanthus diversifolius – ?
Cleistanthus dolichophyllus – Peninsular Malaysia
Cleistanthus duvipermaniorum – Democratic Republic of the Congo , Angola
Cleistanthus eberhardtii – Vietnam
Cleistanthus ellipticus – Peninsular Malaysia
Cleistanthus elongatus – Sarawak
Cleistanthus erycibifolius – Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Negros
Cleistanthus everettii – Borneo, Philippines
Cleistanthus evrardii – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo
Cleistanthus ferrugineus – Sri Lanka
Cleistanthus flavescens – Peninsular Malaysia
Cleistanthus floricola – Flores
Cleistanthus gabonensis – Gabon
Cleistanthus glaber – Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Mindanao
Cleistanthus glabratus – Sarawak
Cleistanthus glandulosus – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand, Sumatra
Cleistanthus gracilis – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo
Cleistanthus helferi – Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar
Cleistanthus hirsutopetalus – Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore
Cleistanthus hirsutulus – Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo, Vietnam
Cleistanthus hylandii – Queensland
Cleistanthus indochinensis – Vietnam
Cleistanthus inglorius – Papua New Guinea
Cleistanthus insignis – Morobe
Cleistanthus insularis – Palau
Cleistanthus inundatus – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Angola
Cleistanthus isabellinus – Sabah, Philippines, New Guinea
Cleistanthus itsoghensis – Central Africa
Cleistanthus jacobsianus – Sarawak
Cleistanthus kingii – Peninsular Malaysia
Cleistanthus kwangensis – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola
Cleistanthus langkawiensis – Langkawi
Cleistanthus lanuginosus – Peninsular Malaysia
Cleistanthus letouzeyi – Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
Cleistanthus libericus – Western and Central Africa
Cleistanthus longinervis – Peninsular Malaysia
Cleistanthus macrophyllus – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand, Borneo, Yunnan
Cleistanthus maingayi – Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak
Cleistanthus major – Peninsular Malaysia
Cleistanthus malabaricus – southwestern India
Cleistanthus malaccensis – Peninsular Malaysia
Cleistanthus meeboldii – Myanmar
Cleistanthus megacarpus – Philippines, Indonesia
Cleistanthus membranaceus – Peninsular Malaysia
Cleistanthus micranthus – Fiji
Cleistanthus monoicus – Guangdong
Cleistanthus morii – Chuuk
Cleistanthus namatanaiensis – Bismarck Archipelago
Cleistanthus ngounyensis – Gabon
Cleistanthus nitidus – Peninsular Malaysia
Cleistanthus normanbyanus – D'Entrecasteaux Islands
Cleistanthus oblongatus – Sarawak
Cleistanthus oblongifolius – Bangladesh , Southeast Asia, Papuasia , Queensland
Cleistanthus occidentalis – western Madagascar
Cleistanthus pallidus – Sri Lanka
Cleistanthus papuanus – Papua New Guinea
Cleistanthus papyraceus – Myanmar, Thailand
Cleistanthus parvifolius – Peninsular Malaysia
Cleistanthus patulus – India, Sri Lanka
Cleistanthus paxii – Sarawak
Cleistanthus pedicellatus – Guangxi , Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea
Cleistanthus peninsularis – Papua New Guinea, Queensland
Cleistanthus perrieri – eastern Madagascar
Cleistanthus petelotii – Guangxi, Vietnam
Cleistanthus pierlotii – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon
Cleistanthus pierrei – Vietnam
Cleistanthus pilosus – Basilan , Mindanao
Cleistanthus podocarpus – Peninsular Malaysia
Cleistanthus podopyxis – Borneo
Cleistanthus polyneurus – Peninsular Malaysia
Cleistanthus polyphyllus – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand
Cleistanthus polystachyus – tropical Africa
Cleistanthus praetermissus – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand, Borneo
Cleistanthus pseudopallidus – Sumatra
Cleistanthus pseudopodocarpus – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
Cleistanthus pubens – Borneo
Cleistanthus pyrrhocarpus – Borneo
Cleistanthus ripicola – tropical Africa
Cleistanthus robinsonii – Palawan , Sibuyan
Cleistanthus robustus – Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands
Cleistanthus rotundatus – Cambodia
Cleistanthus rufescens – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines
Cleistanthus rufus – Peninsular Malaysia, southern Thailand
Cleistanthus salicifolius – Sarawak
Cleistanthus sankunnianus – southwestern India
Cleistanthus sarawakensis – Sarawak
Cleistanthus schlechteri – from Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal
Cleistanthus semiopacus – Queensland
Cleistanthus stenonia – Mayotte , Madagascar
Cleistanthus stenophyllus – Myanmar
Cleistanthus stipitatus – New Caledonia
Cleistanthus stipularis – western India
Cleistanthus striatus – Borneo
Cleistanthus suarezensis – Madagascar
Cleistanthus sumatranus – southern China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea
Cleistanthus tenerifolius – Sumatra, Kalimantan
Cleistanthus tomentosus – southern China, Southeast Asia
Cleistanthus tonkinensis – southern China, Vietnam
Cleistanthus travancorensis – southwestern India
Cleistanthus venosus – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Mindanao
Cleistanthus vestitus – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Luzon
Cleistanthus winkleri – Borneo
Cleistanthus xanthopus – Papua New Guinea
Cleistanthus xerophilus – Queensland
Cleistanthus zenkeri – tropical Africa
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Cleistanthus collinus in Narsapur, Medak district , India .
illustration circa 1880, from Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.) - Flora de Filipinas
Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.