# Gluta

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Glut velut 100613-3254 awr.JPG
|image_caption = ''[Gluta velutina](/source/Gluta_velutina)''
|image2 = Plantae Asiaticae Rariores - plate 012 - Melanorrhoea usitata.jpg
|image2_caption = Botanical illustration of ''[Gluta usitata](/source/Gluta_usitata)''
|taxon = Gluta
|authority = [L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus)<ref name=GRIN>{{GRIN genus |name=''Gluta'' |id=5026 |access-date=18 February 2025}}</ref><ref name=POWO>{{cite POWO |title=''Gluta'' L. |id=1806-1 |access-date=18 February 2025}}</ref>
|synonyms = 
  {{Genus list
  | Melanorrhoea | Wall.
  | Stagmaria | Jack
  | Syndesmis | Wall.
  }}
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=POWO/>
}}

'''''Gluta'''''<ref>Linnaeus C (1771) ''Mant. Pl. Altera'' 293.</ref> is a genus of plant in the subfamily [Anacardioideae](/source/Anacardioideae) of the family [Anacardiaceae](/source/Anacardiaceae).<ref name=GRIN/> Species can be found in [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar), [India](/source/India), [Indo-China](/source/Indo-China), [Malesia](/source/Malesia) through to [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea).<ref name=POWO/>

Before the work of [Ding Hou](/source/Ding_Hou),<ref name = "DH">Ding Hou (1978) in: ''Blumea'', '''24(1)''': 14</ref> several species were placed in the genus '''''Melanorrhoea'''''.

==Species==

{{As of|2025|February}}, ''Plants of the World online'' has 35 accepted species:<ref name=POWO/> 
{{div col}}
*''[Gluta aptera](/source/Gluta_aptera)'' {{Au|(King) Ding Hou}}
*''[Gluta beccarii](/source/Gluta_beccarii)'' {{Au|(Engl.) Ding Hou}}
*''[Gluta cambodiana](/source/Gluta_cambodiana)'' {{Au|Pierre}}
*''[Gluta capituliflora](/source/Gluta_capituliflora)'' {{Au|Ding Hou}}
*''[Gluta celebica](/source/Gluta_celebica)'' {{Au|Kosterm.}}
*''[Gluta compacta](/source/Gluta_compacta)'' {{Au|Evrard}}
*''[Gluta curtisii](/source/Gluta_curtisii)'' {{Au|(Oliver) Ding Hou}}
*''[Gluta elegans](/source/Gluta_elegans)'' {{Au|(Wall.) Kurz}}
*''[Gluta glabra](/source/Gluta_glabra)'' {{Au|(Wall.) Ding Hou}}
*''[Gluta gracilis](/source/Gluta_gracilis)'' {{Au|Evrard}}
*''[Gluta laccifera](/source/Gluta_laccifera)'' {{Au|(Pierre) Ding Hou}}<ref name = "DH"/>
*''[Gluta lanceolata](/source/Gluta_lanceolata)'' {{Au|Ridl.}}
*''[Gluta laosensis](/source/Gluta_laosensis)'' {{Au|Tagane & Kameda}}
*''[Gluta laxiflora](/source/Gluta_laxiflora)'' {{Au|Ridl.}}
*''[Gluta longipetiolata](/source/Gluta_longipetiolata)'' {{Au|Kurz}}
*''[Gluta macrocarpa](/source/Gluta_macrocarpa)'' {{Au|(Engl.) Ding Hou}}
*''[Gluta malayana](/source/Gluta_malayana)'' {{Au|(Corner) Ding Hou}}
*''[Gluta megalocarpa](/source/Gluta_megalocarpa)'' ({{Au|Evrard) Tardieu}}
*''[Gluta oba](/source/Gluta_oba)'' (Merr.) {{Au|Ding Hou}}
*''[Gluta obovata](/source/Gluta_obovata)'' {{Au|Craib}}
*''[Gluta papuana](/source/Gluta_papuana)'' {{Au|Ding Hou}}
*''[Gluta pubescens](/source/Gluta_pubescens)'' {{Au|(Ridl.) Ding Hou}}
*''[Gluta renghas](/source/Gluta_renghas)'' {{Au|L.}} - '''type species'''
*''[Gluta rostrata](/source/Gluta_rostrata)'' {{Au|Ding Hou}}
*''[Gluta rugulosa](/source/Gluta_rugulosa)'' {{Au|Ding Hou}}
*''[Gluta sabahana](/source/Gluta_sabahana)'' {{Au|Ding Hou}}
*''[Gluta speciosa](/source/Gluta_speciosa)'' {{Au|(Ridl.) Ding Hou}}
*''[Gluta tavoyana](/source/Gluta_tavoyana)'' {{Au|Hook.f.}}
*''[Gluta torquata](/source/Gluta_torquata)'' {{Au|(King) Tardieu}}
*''[Gluta tourtour](/source/Gluta_tourtour)'' {{Au|Marchand}}
*''[Gluta travancorica](/source/Gluta_travancorica)'' {{Au|Bedd.}}
*''[Gluta usitata](/source/Gluta_usitata)'' {{Au|(Wall.) Ding Hou}}<ref name = "DH"/>
*''[Gluta velutina](/source/Gluta_velutina)'' {{Au|Blume}}
*''[Gluta wallichii](/source/Gluta_wallichii)'' {{Au|(Hook.f.) Ding Hou}}
*''[Gluta wrayi](/source/Gluta_wrayi)'' {{Au|King}}
{{div col end}}

== Toxicity ==
The plants can cause [contact dermatitis](/source/contact_dermatitis), in the same fashion as [poison ivy](/source/poison_ivy) and poison oak.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Complete Guide to Edible Wild Plants |publisher=[Skyhorse Publishing](/source/Skyhorse_Publishing) |others=[United States Department of the Army](/source/United_States_Department_of_the_Army) |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-60239-692-0 |location=New York |pages=139 |language=en-US |oclc=277203364}}</ref>

== References ==
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Category:Gluta
Category:Anacardiaceae genera
Category:Taxa described in 1771
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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