# Cleistanthus

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