{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Crateva religiosa Blanco1.176-cropped.jpg |image_caption = ''Crateva religiosa'' |taxon = Crateva |authority = L. (1753)<ref name="GRIN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?3046 |title=Genus: ''Crateva'' L. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2006-03-31 |access-date=2011-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114222553/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?3046 |archive-date=2009-01-14 }}</ref> |synonyms = *''Chelidurus'' {{small|Willd. (1790)}} *''Cladostemon'' {{small|A.Braun & Vatke (1876)}} *''Euadenia'' {{small|Oliv. ex Benth. & Hook.f. (1867)}} *''Nevosmila'' {{small|Raf. (1838)}} *''Othrys'' {{small|Noronha ex Thouars (1806)}} *''Pteropetalum'' {{small|Pax (1891)}} *''Tapia'' {{small|Mill. (1754)}} *''Triclanthera'' {{small|Raf. (1838)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30008275-2 ''Crateva'' L.] ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 1 October 2023.</ref> }}
'''''Crateva''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the caper family, Capparaceae.<ref name="GRIN"/> It includes 21 species which range through the tropical regions of the world, including the tropical Americas (Mexico to northeastern Argentina), sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, southern China, Japan, Malesia, Papuasia, Queensland, and the South Pacific.<ref name = powo/>
==Species== Accepted species include:<ref name = powo/><ref name="GRINSpecies">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?3046 |title=GRIN Species Records of ''Crateva'' |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |access-date=2011-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120162153/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?3046 |archive-date=2009-01-20 }}</ref>
* ''Crateva adansonii'' <small>DC.</small> * ''Crateva brevipetala'' {{small|(Exell) Christenh. & Byng}} * ''Crateva eminens'' {{small|(Hook.f.) Christenh. & Byng}} * ''Crateva excelsa'' <small>Bojer</small> * ''Crateva falcata'' {{small|(Lour.) DC.}} * ''Crateva formosensis'' {{small|(Jacobs) B.S.Sun}} * ''Crateva greveana'' <small>Baill.</small> * ''Crateva humblotii'' <small>(Baill.) Hadj-Moust.</small> * ''Crateva hygrophila'' <small>Kurz</small> * ''Crateva kirkii'' {{small|(Oliv.) Christenh. & Byng}} * ''Crateva magna'' <small>(Lour.) DC.</small> * ''Crateva monticola'' <small>(Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) Christenh. & Byng</small> * ''Crateva obovata'' <small>Vahl</small> * ''Crateva palmeri'' <small>Rose</small> * ''Crateva religiosa'' <small>G.Forst.</small> * ''Crateva simplicifolia'' <small>J.S.Mill.</small> * ''Crateva suaresensis'' <small>Baill.</small> * ''Crateva tapia'' <small>L.</small><ref>{{cite iucn |author=Condit, R. |date=2021 |title=''Crateva tapia'' |volume=2021 |article-number=e.T58933301A176099312 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T58933301A176099312.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref> * ''Crateva unilocularis'' <small>Buch.-Ham.</small> * ''Crateva urbaniana'' <small>R.Rankin</small> * ''Crateva yarinacochaensis'' <small>Cornejo & Iltis</small>
===Formerly placed here=== *''Aegiceras corniculatum'' <small>(L.) Blanco</small> (as ''C. corniculatum'' <small>(L.) L.</small>) *''Aegle marmelos'' <small>(L.) Corrêa</small> (as ''C. marmelos'' <small>L.</small>)<ref name="GRINSpecies"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Crateva|''Crateva''}} {{Wikispecies-inline|Crateva|''Crateva''}}
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Category:Capparaceae Category:Pantropical flora Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Brassicales-stub}}