Chaetocarpus


Chaetocarpus is a plant genus of the family Peraceae, formerly Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1854. Chaetocarpus species are trees or shrubs. They are native to the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Some species are endangered.
;Species
  1. Chaetocarpus acutifolius Borhidi – Sierra de Moa in Cuba
  2. Chaetocarpus africanus Pax – C Africa
  3. Chaetocarpus castanocarpus Thwaites – SE Asia, Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
  4. Chaetocarpus cordifolius Borhidi – Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica
  5. Chaetocarpus coriaceus Thwaites – Sri Lanka
  6. Chaetocarpus cubensis Fawc. & Rendle – Cuba
  7. Chaetocarpus echinocarpus Ducke – Bolivia, Brazil
  8. Chaetocarpus ferrugineus Philcox – Sri Lanka
  9. Chaetocarpus gabonensis Breteler – Gabon
  10. Chaetocarpus globosus Fawc. & Rendle – Jamaica, Cuba, Dominican Rep.
  11. Chaetocarpus myrsinites Baill. – Bolivia, Brazil
  12. Chaetocarpus parvifolius Borhidi – Cuba
  13. Chaetocarpus pearcei Rusby – Bolivia
  14. Chaetocarpus pubescens Hook.f. – Sri Lanka
  15. Chaetocarpus rabaraba Capuron – Madagascar
  16. Chaetocarpus schomburgkianus Pax & K.Hoffm. – Colombia, Venezuela, 3 Guianas, NW Brazil
;member of homonymic genus, synonym of Pouteria
Chaetocarpus pouteria J.F.Gmel, synonym of Pouteria guianensis Aubl.