Cleistanthus Explained

Cleistanthus is a plant genus of the family Phyllanthaceae, tribe Bridelieae, first described as a genus in 1848.^{[1] [2]} It is widespread in much of the Old World Tropics in Asia, Africa, Australia, and various oceanic islands.^{[3] [4] [5]} Cleistanthus collinus is known for being toxic and may be the agent of homicides or suicides.^[6]

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Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16153647#page/330/mode/1up Hooker, Joseph Dalton, Planchon, Jules Émile. 1848. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 8: pl. DCCLXXIX
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40010012 Tropicos, Cleistanthus Hook. f. ex Planch.
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=42001 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
5. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=107294 Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 172 闭花木属 bi hua mu shu Cleistanthus J. D. Hooker ex Planchon, Icon. Pl. 8: t. 779. 1848.
6. Bose . A . Sandal Sejbaek . C . Suganthy . P . Raghava . V . Alex . R . Muliyil . J . etal . 2009 . "Self-harm and self-poisoning in southern India " Choice of poisoning agents and treatment . Trop Med Int Health . 14 . 7 . 761–5 . 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02293.x . 19497080 . 11872545 . free .