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Cleistanthus is a genus of tropical trees and shrubs in the Phyllanthaceae family, found across Asia, Africa, Australia and Pacific islands. Grown mostly as ornamentals or timber trees in the tropics; the key concern is that some species, especially Cleistanthus collinus, are highly poisonous.
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
Weeping Cleistanthus · Oduvan · Cleistanthus · Bernie's Cleistanthus · Cleistanthus oblongifolius · Cleistanthus sankunnianus · False Tamboti · Cleistanthus sumatranus
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