Crateva Explained

Crateva is a genus of flowering plants in the caper family, Capparaceae. It includes 21 species which range through the tropical regions of the world, including the tropical Americas (Mexico to northeastern Argentina), sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, southern China, Japan, Malesia, Papuasia, Queensland, and the South Pacific.

Species

Accepted species include:^[1]

• Crateva adansonii DC.
• Crateva brevipetala
• Crateva eminens
• Crateva excelsa Bojer
• Crateva falcata
• Crateva formosensis
• Crateva greveana Baill.
• Crateva humblotii (Baill.) Hadj-Moust.
• Crateva hygrophila Kurz
• Crateva kirkii
• Crateva magna (Lour.) DC.
• Crateva monticola (Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) Christenh. & Byng
• Crateva obovata Vahl
• Crateva palmeri Rose
• Crateva religiosa G.Forst.
• Crateva simplicifolia J.S.Mill.
• Crateva suaresensis Baill.
• Crateva tapia L.^[2]
• Crateva unilocularis Buch.-Ham.
• Crateva urbaniana R.Rankin
• Crateva yarinacochaensis Cornejo & Iltis

Formerly placed here

• Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco (as C. corniculatum (L.) L.)
• Aegle marmelos (L.) Corrêa (as C. marmelos L.)^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: GRIN Species Records of Crateva . Germplasm Resources Information Network . United States Department of Agriculture . 2011-02-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090120162153/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?3046 . 2009-01-20 . dead .
2. Condit, R. . 2021 . Crateva tapia . 2021 . e.T58933301A176099312 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T58933301A176099312.en . 18 November 2021.