Elaeodendron

Elaeodendron
Elaeodendron croceum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Elaeodendron
Jacq.
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Crocoxylon Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Elaeodendrum Murray
  • Hartogia L.f., nom. illeg.
  • Hartogiella Codd
  • Loureira Raeusch.
  • Neerija Roxb.
  • Parilia Dennst.
  • Portenschlagia Tratt.
  • Pseudocassine Bredell
  • Rubentia Comm. ex Juss.
  • Schrebera Retz., nom. illeg.
  • Schrebera Thunb., nom. illeg.
  • Telemachia Urb.

Elaeodendron is a genus of flowering plants in the staff vine family, Celastraceae. It includes 40 species native to the tropics of the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Australia, and the South Pacific.