Gluta

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Glut velut 100613-3254 awr.JPG |image_caption = ''Gluta velutina'' |image2 = Plantae Asiaticae Rariores - plate 012 - Melanorrhoea usitata.jpg |image2_caption = Botanical illustration of ''Gluta usitata'' |taxon = Gluta |authority = L.<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 of the family Anacardiaceae.<ref name=GRIN/> Species can be found in Madagascar, India, Indo-China, Malesia through to New Guinea.<ref name=POWO/>

Before the work of 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'' {{Au|(King) Ding Hou}} *''Gluta beccarii'' {{Au|(Engl.) Ding Hou}} *''Gluta cambodiana'' {{Au|Pierre}} *''Gluta capituliflora'' {{Au|Ding Hou}} *''Gluta celebica'' {{Au|Kosterm.}} *''Gluta compacta'' {{Au|Evrard}} *''Gluta curtisii'' {{Au|(Oliver) Ding Hou}} *''Gluta elegans'' {{Au|(Wall.) Kurz}} *''Gluta glabra'' {{Au|(Wall.) Ding Hou}} *''Gluta gracilis'' {{Au|Evrard}} *''Gluta laccifera'' {{Au|(Pierre) Ding Hou}}<ref name = "DH"/> *''Gluta lanceolata'' {{Au|Ridl.}} *''Gluta laosensis'' {{Au|Tagane & Kameda}} *''Gluta laxiflora'' {{Au|Ridl.}} *''Gluta longipetiolata'' {{Au|Kurz}} *''Gluta macrocarpa'' {{Au|(Engl.) Ding Hou}} *''Gluta malayana'' {{Au|(Corner) Ding Hou}} *''Gluta megalocarpa'' ({{Au|Evrard) Tardieu}} *''Gluta oba'' (Merr.) {{Au|Ding Hou}} *''Gluta obovata'' {{Au|Craib}} *''Gluta papuana'' {{Au|Ding Hou}} *''Gluta pubescens'' {{Au|(Ridl.) Ding Hou}} *''Gluta renghas'' {{Au|L.}} - '''type species''' *''Gluta rostrata'' {{Au|Ding Hou}} *''Gluta rugulosa'' {{Au|Ding Hou}} *''Gluta sabahana'' {{Au|Ding Hou}} *''Gluta speciosa'' {{Au|(Ridl.) Ding Hou}} *''Gluta tavoyana'' {{Au|Hook.f.}} *''Gluta torquata'' {{Au|(King) Tardieu}} *''Gluta tourtour'' {{Au|Marchand}} *''Gluta travancorica'' {{Au|Bedd.}} *''Gluta usitata'' {{Au|(Wall.) Ding Hou}}<ref name = "DH"/> *''Gluta velutina'' {{Au|Blume}} *''Gluta wallichii'' {{Au|(Hook.f.) Ding Hou}} *''Gluta wrayi'' {{Au|King}} {{div col end}}

== Toxicity == The plants can cause contact dermatitis, in the same fashion as poison ivy and poison oak.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Complete Guide to Edible Wild Plants |publisher=Skyhorse Publishing |others=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 == {{Reflist}}

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