Koko Trees
Maytenus
Maytenus /ˈmeɪtɛnəs/ is a genus of flowering plants in the staff vine family, Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. They grow in a very wide variety of climates, from tropical to subpolar.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Maiten tree
speciesMaytenus boaria
Rock Candlewood
speciesMaytenus oleoides
Florida Mayten
speciesMaytenus phyllanthoides
Koko Tree
speciesMaytenus undata
Silky Bark
speciesMaytenus acuminata
Galápagos leatherleaf
speciesMaytenus octogona
Dune Kokotree
speciesMaytenus procumbens
Maytenus ilicifolia
speciesMaytenus ilicifolia
Magellanic mayten
speciesMaytenus magellanica
Maytenus disticha
speciesMaytenus disticha
Madeira Shrubby Bittersweet
speciesMaytenus umbellata
Maytenus vitis-idaea
speciesMaytenus vitis-idaea
Blackwood Kokotree
speciesMaytenus peduncularis
Maytenus laevigata
speciesMaytenus laevigata
Cape Koko Tree
speciesMaytenus lucida
Maytenus spinosa
speciesMaytenus spinosa
Maytenus erythroxylon
speciesMaytenus erythroxylon
Monteverdia gonoclados
speciesMonteverdia gonoclados
Maytenus obtusifolia
speciesMaytenus obtusifolia
Maytenus chubutensis
speciesMaytenus chubutensis
Maytenus laxiflora
speciesMaytenus laxiflora
Maytenus rigida
speciesMaytenus rigida
Maytenus viscifolia
speciesMaytenus viscifolia
Water Silkybark
speciesMaytenus cordata
Grey Kokotree
speciesMaytenus albata
Maytenus meridensis
speciesMaytenus meridensis
Maytenus aquifolium
speciesMaytenus aquifolium
Forest Kokotree
speciesMaytenus deflexa
Maytenus dasyclados
speciesMaytenus dasyclados
Maytenus stipitata
speciesMaytenus stipitata
Maytenus cassineformis
speciesMaytenus cassineformis
Maytenus oblongata
speciesMaytenus oblongata
Maytenus buxifolia
speciesMaytenus buxifolia
Maytenus floribunda
speciesMaytenus floribunda
Maytenus euonymoides
speciesMaytenus euonymoides
Maytenus macrocarpa
speciesMaytenus macrocarpa
Maytenus rothiana
speciesMaytenus rothiana
Maytenus jelskii
speciesMaytenus jelskii
Maytenus domingensis
speciesMaytenus domingensis
Pondo Silkybark
speciesMaytenus abbottii
Maytenus schippii
speciesMaytenus schippii
Maytenus chiapensis
speciesMaytenus chiapensis
Maytenus conferta
speciesMaytenus conferta
Maytenus guyanensis
speciesMaytenus guyanensis
Maytenus arbutifolia
speciesMaytenus arbutifolia
Maytenus verticillata
speciesMaytenus verticillata
Maytenus versluysii
speciesMaytenus versluysii
Maytenus woodsonii
speciesMaytenus woodsonii
Maytenus trianae
speciesMaytenus trianae
Maytenus recondita
speciesMaytenus recondita
Maytenus cuzcoina
speciesMaytenus cuzcoina
Pondo Kokotree
speciesMaytenus oleosa
Maytenus distichophylla
speciesMaytenus distichophylla
Maytenus ponceana
speciesMaytenus ponceana
Maytenus guatemalensis
speciesMaytenus guatemalensis
Maytenus elongata
speciesMaytenus elongata
Maytenus reynosioides
speciesMaytenus reynosioides
Maytenus cymosa
speciesMaytenus cymosa
Maytenus mucugensis
speciesMaytenus mucugensis
Maytenus chapadensis
speciesMaytenus chapadensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Maytenus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 72231.