Cleistanthus

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File:Cleistanthus collinus (Garari) in Narsapur forest, AP W IMG 0165.jpg
Cleistanthus collinus in Narsapur, Medak district, India.

Cleistanthus is a plant genus of the family Phyllanthaceae, tribe Bridelieae, first described as a genus in 1848.[1][2] It is widespread in much of the Old World Tropics in Asia, Africa, Australia, and various oceanic islands.[3][4][5] Cleistanthus collinus is known for being toxic and may be the agent of homicides or suicides.[6]

Species[3]

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  1. Hooker, Joseph Dalton, Planchon, Jules Émile. 1848. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 8: pl. DCCLXXIX in Latin with full-page line drawing
  2. Tropicos, Cleistanthus Hook. f. ex Planch.
  3. a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. 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.
  5. Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 172 闭花木属 bi hua mu shu Cleistanthus J. D. Hooker ex Planchon, Icon. Pl. 8: t. 779. 1848.
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