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 (Britton & P.Wilson) Borhidi – Sierra de Moa in Cuba
2. Chaetocarpus africanus Pax – C Africa
3. Chaetocarpus castanocarpus (Roxb.) Thwaites – SE Asia, Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
4. Chaetocarpus cordifolius (Urb.) Borhidi – Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica
5. Chaetocarpus coriaceus Thwaites – Sri Lanka
6. Chaetocarpus cubensis Fawc. & Rendle – Cuba
7. Chaetocarpus echinocarpus (Baill.) Ducke – Bolivia, Brazil
8. Chaetocarpus ferrugineus Philcox – Sri Lanka
9. Chaetocarpus gabonensis Breteler – Gabon
10. Chaetocarpus globosus (Sw.) 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 (Thwaites) Hook.f. – Sri Lanka
15. Chaetocarpus rabaraba Capuron – Madagascar
16. Chaetocarpus schomburgkianus (Kuntze) 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. (Sapotaceae)