Chaetocarpus is a plant genus of the family Peraceae, formerly Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1854. Chaetocarpus species are trees or shrubs. They are native to the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Some species are endangered. Species Chaetocarpus acutifolius (Britton & P.Wilson) Borhidi – Sierra de Moa in Cuba Chaetocarpus africanus Pax – C Africa Chaetocarpus castanocarpus (Roxb.) Thwaites – SE Asia, Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka Chaetocarpus cordifolius (Urb.) Borhidi – Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica Chaetocarpus coriaceus Thwaites – Sri Lanka Chaetocarpus cubensis Fawc. & Rendle – Cuba Chaetocarpus echinocarpus (Baill.) Ducke – Bolivia, Brazil Chaetocarpus ferrugineus Philcox – Sri Lanka Chaetocarpus gabonensis Breteler – Gabon Chaetocarpus globosus (Sw.) Fawc. & Rendle – Jamaica, Cuba, Dominican Rep. Chaetocarpus myrsinites Baill. – Bolivia, Brazil Chaetocarpus parvifolius Borhidi – Cuba Chaetocarpus pearcei Rusby – Bolivia Chaetocarpus pubescens (Thwaites) Hook.f. – Sri Lanka Chaetocarpus rabaraba Capuron – Madagascar 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) References Peraceae Malpighiales genera