What is "chaetocarpus"

Chaetocarpus is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1854. Chaetocarpus species are trees or shrubs. There 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)