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

Chaetocarpus pouteria J.F.Gmel, synonym of Pouteria guianensis Aubl. (Sapotaceae)
 * member of homonymic genus, synonym of Pouteria