Maesobotrya

Maesobotrya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae. It was first described as a genus in 1879  and is native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.

Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Maesobotrya: • Maesobotrya barteri - West and Central Africa

• Maesobotrya bertramiana - Central  Africa

• Maesobotrya cordulata - Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Maesobotrya fallax - Cameroon

• Maesobotrya floribunda - Central Africa

• Maesobotrya glabrata - São Tomé, Príncipe

• Maesobotrya griffoniana - Central Africa

• Maesobotrya klaineana - Central Africa

• Maesobotrya liberica - Liberia

• Maesobotrya longipes - Central Africa

• Maesobotrya oligantha - Gabon, Equatorial Guinea

• Maesobotrya pauciflora - Central Africa

• Maesobotrya pierlotii - Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Maesobotrya purseglovei - Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda

• Maesobotrya pynaertii - Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Maesobotrya scariosa - Cameroon

• Maesobotrya staudtii - Central Africa

• Maesobotrya vermeulenii - Central Africa

• Maesobotrya villosa - Democratic Republic of the Congo


 * Formerly included
 * Maesobotrya oblonga - moved to Antidesma oblongum
 * Maesobotrya stapfiana - moved to Protomegabaria stapfiana