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Cleistanthus

genus of plants

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ5131114 ↗
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Cleistanthus is a plant genus of the family Phyllanthaceae, tribe Bridelieae, first described as a genus in 1848. It is widespread in much of the Old World Tropics in Asia, Africa, Australia, and various oceanic islands. Cleistanthus collinus is known for being toxic and may be the agent of homicides or suicides.

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The public source identifies “Cleistanthus” as genus of plants. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Cleistanthus, genus and plants.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1848—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Cleistanthus, genus and plants providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Cleistanthus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.