Smythea

Smythea is a genus of tropical climbing plants in the family Rhamnaceae.

It includes twelve species, which occur in the Seychelles, India, South-East Asia, Melanesia and Micronesia.

Smythea and Ventilago (another genus in the Rhamnaceae family) are usually grouped together in a tribe called Ventilagineae.

The genus was first described by Berthold Seemann, and named in honour of William James Smythe.

List of species:

Smythea batanensis Cahen & UtteridgeSmythea beccarii Cahen & UtteridgeSmythea bombaiensis (Dalzell) S.P.Banerjee & P.K.Mukh.Smythea calpicarpa KurzSmythea hirtella Cahen & UtteridgeSmythea lanceata (Tul.) Summerh.Smythea macrocarpa Hemsl.Smythea oblongifolia (Blume) Cahen & UtteridgeSmythea papuana Utteridge & CahenSmythea poilanei Cahen & UtteridgeSmythea poomae Cahen & UtteridgeSmythea velutina (Ridl.) S.P.Banerjee & P.K.Mukh.