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Cleistanthus
Cleistanthus is a plant genus of the family Phyllanthaceae 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.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Cleistanthus
speciesCleistanthus cunninghamii
Toxic Gooseberry
speciesCleistanthus collinus
Cleistanthus stipitatus
speciesCleistanthus stipitatus
Cleistanthus apodus
speciesCleistanthus apodus
false-tamboti
speciesCleistanthus schlechteri
Cleistanthus sumatranus
speciesCleistanthus sumatranus
Cleistanthus oblongifolius
speciesCleistanthus oblongifolius
Cleistanthus xerophilus
speciesCleistanthus xerophilus
Cleistanthus malaccensis
speciesCleistanthus malaccensis
Cleistanthus dallachyanus
speciesCleistanthus dallachyanus
Cleistanthus polystachyus
speciesCleistanthus polystachyus
Cleistanthus hirsutulus
speciesCleistanthus hirsutulus
Cleistanthus discolor
speciesCleistanthus discolor
Cleistanthus tonkinensis
speciesCleistanthus tonkinensis
Cleistanthus patulus
speciesCleistanthus patulus
Cleistanthus hylandii
speciesCleistanthus hylandii
Cleistanthus semiopacus
speciesCleistanthus semiopacus
Cleistanthus concinnus
speciesCleistanthus concinnus
Cleistanthus gracilis
speciesCleistanthus gracilis
Cleistanthus helferi
speciesCleistanthus helferi
Cleistanthus ferrugineus
speciesCleistanthus ferrugineus
Cleistanthus travancorensis
speciesCleistanthus travancorensis
Cleistanthus occidentalis
speciesCleistanthus occidentalis
Cleistanthus acuminatus
speciesCleistanthus acuminatus
Cleistanthus papyraceus
speciesCleistanthus papyraceus
Cleistanthus andamanicus
speciesCleistanthus andamanicus
Cleistanthus macrophyllus
speciesCleistanthus macrophyllus
Cleistanthus boivinianus
speciesCleistanthus boivinianus
Cleistanthus maingayi
speciesCleistanthus maingayi
Cleistanthus papuanus
speciesCleistanthus papuanus
Cleistanthus malabaricus
speciesCleistanthus malabaricus
Cleistanthus monoicus
speciesCleistanthus monoicus
Cleistanthus pierrei
speciesCleistanthus pierrei
Cleistanthus rufescens
speciesCleistanthus rufescens
Cleistanthus stenophyllus
speciesCleistanthus stenophyllus
Cleistanthus pseudopodocarpus
speciesCleistanthus pseudopodocarpus
Cleistanthus major
speciesCleistanthus major
Cleistanthus parvifolius
speciesCleistanthus parvifolius
Cleistanthus robustus
speciesCleistanthus robustus
Cleistanthus stipularis
speciesCleistanthus stipularis
Cleistanthus beccarianus
speciesCleistanthus beccarianus
Cleistanthus sarawakensis
speciesCleistanthus sarawakensis
Cleistanthus suarezensis
speciesCleistanthus suarezensis
Cleistanthus insignis
speciesCleistanthus insignis
Cleistanthus capuronii
speciesCleistanthus capuronii
Cleistanthus insularis
speciesCleistanthus insularis
Cleistanthus carolinianus
speciesCleistanthus carolinianus
Cleistanthus inglorius
speciesCleistanthus inglorius
Cleistanthus balakrishnanii
speciesCleistanthus balakrishnanii
Cleistanthus oblongatus
speciesCleistanthus oblongatus
Cleistanthus pallidus
speciesCleistanthus pallidus
Cleistanthus pseudopallidus
speciesCleistanthus pseudopallidus
Cleistanthus tenerifolius
speciesCleistanthus tenerifolius
Cleistanthus meeboldii
speciesCleistanthus meeboldii
Cleistanthus nitidus
speciesCleistanthus nitidus
Cleistanthus dolichophyllus
speciesCleistanthus dolichophyllus
Cleistanthus denudatus
speciesCleistanthus denudatus
Cleistanthus annamensis
speciesCleistanthus annamensis
Cleistanthus eberhardtii
speciesCleistanthus eberhardtii
Cleistanthus indochinensis
speciesCleistanthus indochinensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 184122.