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]
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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. It is widespread in much of the Old World Tropics in Asia, Africa, Australia, and various oceanic islands. Cleistanthus collinus is known for being toxic and may be the agent of homicides or suicides.
Species 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
