Maytenus


Maytenus is a genus of flowering plants in the 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. The traditional circumscription of Maytenus was paraphyletic, so many species have been transferred to Denhamia and Gymnosporia.

Species

176 species are accepted.Maytenus abbottii A.E.van WykMaytenus acanthophylla Maytenus acuminata Loes.Maytenus agostinii Maytenus alaternoides Maytenus albata Maytenus amazonica Maytenus angolensis Maytenus apiculata Maytenus apurimacensis Maytenus aquifolium Maytenus ardisiifolia Maytenus basidentata Maytenus belizensis Maytenus boaria Molina Maytenus boarioides Maytenus brasiliensis Maytenus buxifolia Griseb. Maytenus cajalbanica Maytenus cassineformis Maytenus cassinoides Maytenus catingarum Maytenus cestrifolia Maytenus chapadensis Maytenus chasei Maytenus calzadae Maytenus chiapensis Maytenus chubutensis Maytenus clarendonensis BrittonMaytenus cochlearifolia Maytenus communis Maytenus comocladiiformis Maytenus conferta Maytenus cordata Maytenus corei Maytenus coriacea Maytenus crassipes Urb.Maytenus curranii Maytenus cuzcoina Maytenus cymosa Krug & Urb. - Caribbean maytenMaytenus dasyclados Maytenus disticha Maytenus distichophylla Maytenus domingensis Maytenus duqueana Maytenus durifolia Maytenus ebenifolia Maytenus eggersii Loes.Maytenus elaeodendroides Maytenus elongata Britton - Puerto Rico maytenMaytenus erythroxylon Maytenus evonymoides Maytenus ficiformis Maytenus flagellata Maytenus floribunda Maytenus fugax Maytenus glaucescens Maytenus gonoclados Mart.Maytenus gracilis Maytenus grenadensis Maytenus grisea Maytenus guatemalensis Maytenus guyanensis Maytenus haitiensis Maytenus harrisii Krug & Urb.Maytenus horrida Maytenus hotteana Maytenus huberi Maytenus ilicifolia Mart. ex ReissekMaytenus imbricata Maytenus inflata Maytenus insculpta Maytenus jamaicensis Maytenus jamesonii Briq.Maytenus jefeana LundellMaytenus jelskii Maytenus kanukuensis Maytenus karstenii Maytenus laevigata Griseb. ex Eggers - White cinnamonMaytenus laevis ReissekMaytenus laurina Maytenus laxiflora Maytenus lineata Maytenus listeri Maytenus littoralis Maytenus loeseneri Maytenus longifolia Maytenus longistipitata Maytenus lucayana Maytenus lucida Maytenus macrocarpa Briq.Maytenus magellanica Hook.f.Maytenus manabiensis Loes.Maytenus matudae LundellMaytenus mayana Maytenus megalocarpa Maytenus meguillensis Maytenus meridensis Maytenus microcarpa Fawc. & RendleMaytenus microphylla Maytenus monodii Maytenus monticola Maytenus mornicola Maytenus mucugensis Maytenus myrsinoides Maytenus neblinae Maytenus nitida Maytenus oblongata Maytenus obtusifolia Maytenus ocoensis Maytenus oleoides Loes.Maytenus oleosa A.E.van Wyk & R.H.ArcherMaytenus opaca Maytenus orbicularis Maytenus parvifolia Maytenus patens Maytenus pavonii Maytenus peduncularis Maytenus peruana Maytenus phyllanthoides Benth. - Florida mayten, guttapercha maytenMaytenus pittieriana Maytenus planifolia Maytenus ponceana BrittonMaytenus procumbens Loes.Maytenus pruinosa Maytenus prunifolia Maytenus psammophila Maytenus pseudoboaria Maytenus purpusii Maytenus pustulata Maytenus quadrangulata Loes.Maytenus radlkoferiana Maytenus recondita Maytenus reflexa Maytenus repanda Maytenus retusa Maytenus revoluta Maytenus reynosioides Urb.Maytenus rigida Maytenus robustoides Maytenus rupestris Maytenus salicifolia Maytenus samydiformis Maytenus saxicola Maytenus schippii Maytenus schumanniana Maytenus segoviarum Maytenus serpentini Maytenus sieberiana Maytenus spinosa Maytenus splendens Maytenus sprucei Maytenus stipitata LundellMaytenus subalata Maytenus suboppositifolia Maytenus tetragona Maytenus theoides Maytenus tikalensis Maytenus trianae Maytenus truncata Maytenus tunarina Maytenus umbellata Maytenus undata BlakelockMaytenus urbaniana Maytenus urbanii Maytenus urquiolae Maytenus versluysii Maytenus verticillata Maytenus vexata Maytenus virens Maytenus viscifolia Maytenus vitis-idaea - Indian's saltMaytenus wendtii Maytenus williamsii A.MolinaMaytenus woodsonii
Undescribed species:

Formerly placed here

Denhamia bilocularis M.P.Simmons - Orangebark Denhamia cunninghamii M.P.Simmons - Koonkara Denhamia disperma M.P.Simmons Denhamia fasciculiflora M.P.Simmons Denhamia muelleri Jessup Denhamia silvestris M.P. Simmons - Narrow-leaved orangebark, orange bark, orange bushGymnosporia addat Loes. Gymnosporia austroyunnanensis M.P. Simmons Gymnosporia cassinoides Gymnosporia dhofarensis Jordaan Gymnosporia diversifolia Maxim. Gymnosporia harenensis Jordaan Gymnosporia heterophylla Loes. Gymnosporia nemorosa Szyszyl. Gymnosporia rothiana Wight & Arn. ex M.A.Lawson Gymnosporia royleana Wall. ex M.A.Lawson Gymnosporia senegalensis Loes. Gymnosporia stylosa Gymnosporia thomsonii Kurz

Cultivation and uses

Maytenus boaria and Maytenus magellanica are the most known species in Europe and the United States because these are the most cold-tolerant trees of this mostly tropical genus. The bark of Maytenus krukovii has a variety of documented medicinal properties; it is also sometimes admixed into decoctions of ayahuasca.