# Polyalthia
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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{automatic taxobox
|image = Plants of the coast of Coromandel Coast Tamil Nadu Andhra Pradesh India Flora Fruits Flowers (26).jpg
|image_caption = ''[Polyalthia suberosa](/source/Polyalthia_suberosa)''
|image2 = Phaeanthus malabaricus 02.jpg
|image2_caption = ''P. suberosa'' flower
|taxon = Polyalthia
|authority = [Blume](/source/Carl_Ludwig_Blume)
|type_species= ''Polyalthia subcordata''
|type_species_authority= (Blume) Blume
|synonyms =
* ''Haplostichanthus'' {{small|[F.Muell.](/source/F.Muell.)}}
* ''Monostichanthus'' {{small|F.Muell.}}
* ''Papualthia'' {{small|[Diels](/source/Ludwig_Diels)}}
* ''Sphaerothalamus'' {{small|[Hook.f.](/source/Hook.f.)}}
* ''Tabraca'' {{small|[Noronha](/source/Francisco_Noronha)}}
}}
'''''Polyalthia''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family [Annonaceae](/source/Annonaceae). There are approximately 90 species distributed from Africa to Asia and the Pacific.[[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=126338 ''Polyalthia''.] Flora of China.]
These are trees and shrubs. The flower has six petals in two whorls, the inner petals curving inward over the centre.[
The name ''Polyalthia'' is derived from a combination of Greek words meaning 'many cures' with reference to the medicinal properties of certain species.][{{cite book|last1=McCann|first1=Charles|title=100 Beautiful Trees of India: A Descriptive and Pictorial Handbook|date=1959|publisher=D.B. Taraporevala Sons & Co. Private Ltd.|page=32}}]
==Species==
This large genus was known to be [polyphyletic](/source/polyphyly), with many species having been separated and reassigned to other genera.[Xue, B., Su, Y. C., Mols, J. B., KEßLER, P. J., & Saunders, R. M. (2011). [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14772000.2010.542497 Further fragmentation of the polyphyletic genus ''Polyalthia'' (Annonaceae): molecular phylogenetic support for a broader delimitation of ''Marsypopetalum''.] ''Systematics and Biodiversity'', 9(1), 17-26.][Xue, B., Su, Y. C. F., Thomas, D. C., & Saunders, R. M. K. (2012). [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax/2012/00000061/00000005/art00009 Pruning the polyphyletic genus ''Polyalthia'' (Annonaceae) and resurrecting the genus Monoon.] ''Taxon'', 61(5), 1021-1039.] Species have also been transferred into this genus (''e.g. [P. malabarica](/source/Phaeanthus_malabaricus)'' from ''[Phaeanthus](/source/Phaeanthus)'').
{{As of|2025|1}}, [Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) accepts the following 98 species:{{R|POWO}}
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*''[Polyalthia angustissima](/source/Polyalthia_angustissima)'' {{small|Ridl.}}
*''[Polyalthia barenensis](/source/Polyalthia_barenensis)'' {{small|Bân}}
*''[Polyalthia borneensis](/source/Polyalthia_borneensis)'' {{small|Merr.}}
*''[Polyalthia bracteosa](/source/Polyalthia_bracteosa)'' {{small|Bân}}
*''[Polyalthia bromantha](/source/Polyalthia_bromantha)'' {{small|I.M.Turner}}
*''[Polyalthia brunneifolia](/source/Polyalthia_brunneifolia)'' {{small|J.Sinclair}}
*''[Polyalthia bullata](/source/Polyalthia_bullata)'' {{small|King}}
*''[Polyalthia cambodica](/source/Polyalthia_cambodica)'' {{small|(Finet & Gagnep.) Wiya & Chaowasku}}
*''[Polyalthia castanea](/source/Polyalthia_castanea)'' {{small|Ridl.}}
*''[Polyalthia cauliflora](/source/Polyalthia_cauliflora)'' {{small|Hook.f. & Thomson}}
*''[Polyalthia celebica](/source/Polyalthia_celebica)'' {{small|Miq.}}
*''[Polyalthia chalermglinii](/source/Polyalthia_chalermglinii)'' {{small|Bunchalee & D.M.Johnson}}
*''[Polyalthia chantaranothaii](/source/Polyalthia_chantaranothaii)'' {{small|Bunchalee & Chalermglin}}
*''[Polyalthia charitopoda](/source/Polyalthia_charitopoda)'' {{small|I.M.Turner}}
*''[Polyalthia chayamaritiana](/source/Polyalthia_chayamaritiana)'' {{small|Bunchalee & N.A.Murray}}
*''[Polyalthia chinii](/source/Polyalthia_chinii)'' {{small|I.M.Turner & Utteridge}}
*''[Polyalthia chrysotricha](/source/Polyalthia_chrysotricha)'' {{small|Ridl.}}
*''[Polyalthia cinnamomea](/source/Polyalthia_cinnamomea)'' {{small|Hook.f. & Thomson}}
*''[Polyalthia clemensiorum](/source/Polyalthia_clemensiorum)'' {{small|Jovet-Ast}}
*''[Polyalthia corticosa](/source/Polyalthia_corticosa)'' {{small|(Pierre) Finet & Gagnep.}}
*''[Polyalthia debilis](/source/Polyalthia_debilis)'' {{small|(Pierre) Finet & Gagnep.}}
*''[Polyalthia dictyoneura](/source/Polyalthia_dictyoneura)'' {{small|Diels}}
*''[Polyalthia dolichopoda](/source/Polyalthia_dolichopoda)'' {{small|I.M.Turner}}
*''[Polyalthia dumosa](/source/Polyalthia_dumosa)'' {{small|King}}
*''[Polyalthia elegans](/source/Polyalthia_elegans)'' {{small|K.Schum. & Lauterb.}}
*''[Polyalthia elliptica](/source/Polyalthia_elliptica)'' {{small|(Blume) Blume}}
*''[Polyalthia endertii](/source/Polyalthia_endertii)'' {{small|D.M.Johnson}}
*''[Polyalthia evecta](/source/Polyalthia_evecta)'' {{small|(Pierre) Finet & Gagnep.}}
*''[Polyalthia flagellaris](/source/Polyalthia_flagellaris)'' {{small|(Becc.) Airy Shaw}}
*''[Polyalthia fruticosa](/source/Polyalthia_fruticosa)'' {{small|(Jessup) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Polyalthia gamopetala](/source/Polyalthia_gamopetala)'' {{small|Boerl. ex Koord.-Schum.}}
*''[Polyalthia gracilicolumnaris](/source/Polyalthia_gracilicolumnaris)'' {{small|H.Okada, Tsukaya & Suleiman}}
*''[Polyalthia gracilipes](/source/Polyalthia_gracilipes)'' {{small|Merr.}}
*''[Polyalthia guabatuensis](/source/Polyalthia_guabatuensis)'' {{small|I.M.Turner & Utteridge}}
*''[Polyalthia guamusangensis](/source/Polyalthia_guamusangensis)'' {{small|I.M.Turner & Utteridge}}
*''[Polyalthia heliopetala](/source/Polyalthia_heliopetala)'' {{small|Leerat. & Bunchalee}}
*''[Polyalthia hirtifolia](/source/Polyalthia_hirtifolia)'' {{small|J.Sinclair}}
*''[Polyalthia hispida](/source/Polyalthia_hispida)'' {{small|B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Polyalthia ichthyosma](/source/Polyalthia_ichthyosma)'' {{small|I.M.Turner}}
*''[Polyalthia igniflora](/source/Polyalthia_igniflora)'' {{small|D.M.Johnson}}
*''[Polyalthia insignis](/source/Polyalthia_insignis)'' {{small|(Hook.f.) Airy Shaw}}
*''[Polyalthia intermedia](/source/Polyalthia_intermedia)'' {{small|(Pierre) Bân}}
*''[Polyalthia johnsonii](/source/Polyalthia_johnsonii)'' {{small|(F.Muell.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Polyalthia kanchanaburiana](/source/Polyalthia_kanchanaburiana)'' {{small|Khumch. & Thongp.}}
*''[Polyalthia khaoyaiensis](/source/Polyalthia_khaoyaiensis)'' {{small|Bunchalee & Chantar.}}
*''[Polyalthia kinabaluensis](/source/Polyalthia_kinabaluensis)'' {{small|I.M.Turner}}
*''[Polyalthia lanceolata](/source/Polyalthia_lanceolata)'' {{small|S.Vidal}}
*''[Polyalthia lancilimba](/source/Polyalthia_lancilimba)'' {{small|C.Y.Wu ex P.T.Li}}
*''[Polyalthia lasioclada](/source/Polyalthia_lasioclada)'' {{small|I.M.Turner}}
*''[Polyalthia lateritia](/source/Polyalthia_lateritia)'' {{small|J.Sinclair}}
*''[Polyalthia longipedicellata](/source/Polyalthia_longipedicellata)'' {{small|(Alister, G.Rajkumar, Nazarudeen & Pandur.) Shailaj., B.Parthipan, A.K.Sreekala & E.S.S.Kumar}}
*''[Polyalthia longipes](/source/Polyalthia_longipes)'' {{small|(Miq.) Koord. & Valeton}}
*''[Polyalthia longirostris](/source/Polyalthia_longirostris)'' {{small|(Scheff.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Polyalthia luzonensis](/source/Polyalthia_luzonensis)'' {{small|B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Polyalthia malabarica](/source/Polyalthia_malabarica)'' {{small|(Bedd.) I.M.Turner}}
*''[Polyalthia meghalayensis](/source/Polyalthia_meghalayensis)'' {{small|V.Prakash & Mehrotra}}
*''[Polyalthia microsepala](/source/Polyalthia_microsepala)'' {{small|Diels}}
*''[Polyalthia microtus](/source/Polyalthia_microtus)'' {{small|Miq.}}
*''[Polyalthia miliusoides](/source/Polyalthia_miliusoides)'' {{small|I.M.Turner}}
*''[Polyalthia mindorensis](/source/Polyalthia_mindorensis)'' {{small|Merr.}}
*''[Polyalthia miniata](/source/Polyalthia_miniata)'' {{small|Teijsm. & Binn.}}
*''[Polyalthia minima](/source/Polyalthia_minima)'' {{small|Jovet-Ast}}
*''[Polyalthia minutiflora](/source/Polyalthia_minutiflora)'' {{small|Elmer}}
*''[Polyalthia monocarpioides](/source/Polyalthia_monocarpioides)'' {{small|I.M.Turner}}
*''[Polyalthia montis-silam](/source/Polyalthia_montis-silam)'' {{small|D.M.Johnson}}
*''[Polyalthia moonii](/source/Polyalthia_moonii)'' {{small|Thwaites}}
*''[Polyalthia motleyana](/source/Polyalthia_motleyana)'' {{small|(Hook.f.) Airy Shaw}}
*''[Polyalthia myristica](/source/Polyalthia_myristica)'' {{small|I.M.Turner}}
*''[Polyalthia novoguineensis](/source/Polyalthia_novoguineensis)'' {{small|(H.Okada) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Polyalthia obliqua](/source/Polyalthia_obliqua)'' {{small|Hook.f. & Thomson}}
*''[Polyalthia oblonga](/source/Polyalthia_oblonga)'' {{small|King}}
*''[Polyalthia pakdin](/source/Polyalthia_pakdin)'' {{small|I.M.Turner & Utteridge}}
*''[Polyalthia parviflora](/source/Polyalthia_parviflora)'' {{small|Ridl.}}
*''[Polyalthia persicifolia](/source/Polyalthia_persicifolia)'' {{small|(Hook.f. & Thomson) Bedd.}}
*''[Polyalthia pisocarpa](/source/Polyalthia_pisocarpa)'' {{small|(Hassk.) I.M.Turner}}
*''[Polyalthia polyphlebia](/source/Polyalthia_polyphlebia)'' {{small|Diels}}
*''[Polyalthia praeflorens](/source/Polyalthia_praeflorens)'' {{small|Bân}}
*''[Polyalthia pumila](/source/Polyalthia_pumila)'' {{small|Ridl.}}
*''[Polyalthia rufescens](/source/Polyalthia_rufescens)'' {{small|Hook.f. & Thomson}}
*''[Polyalthia saprosma](/source/Polyalthia_saprosma)'' {{small|I.M.Turner}}
*''[Polyalthia sessiliflora](/source/Polyalthia_sessiliflora)'' {{small|(Ast) Bân}}
*''[Polyalthia socia](/source/Polyalthia_socia)'' {{small|Craib}}
*''[Polyalthia spathulata](/source/Polyalthia_spathulata)'' {{small|(Teijsm. & Binn.) Boerl.}}
*''[Polyalthia stellata](/source/Polyalthia_stellata)'' {{small|(Heusden) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Polyalthia stenopetala](/source/Polyalthia_stenopetala)'' {{small|(Hook.f. & Thomson) Finet & Gagnep.}}
*''[Polyalthia stenophylla](/source/Polyalthia_stenophylla)'' {{small|I.M.Turner}}
*''[Polyalthia subcordata](/source/Polyalthia_subcordata)'' {{small|(Blume) Blume}}
*''[Polyalthia suberosa](/source/Polyalthia_suberosa)'' {{small|(Roxb.) Thwaites}}
*''[Polyalthia submontana](/source/Polyalthia_submontana)'' {{small|(Jessup) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Polyalthia suthepensis](/source/Polyalthia_suthepensis)'' {{small|Wiya & Chaowasku}}
*''[Polyalthia sympetala](/source/Polyalthia_sympetala)'' {{small|I.M.Turner}}
*''[Polyalthia taweensis](/source/Polyalthia_taweensis)'' {{small|Bunchalee & Leerat.}}
*''[Polyalthia tipuliflora](/source/Polyalthia_tipuliflora)'' {{small|D.M.Johnson}}
*''[Polyalthia trochilia](/source/Polyalthia_trochilia)'' {{small|I.M.Turner}}
*''[Polyalthia venosa](/source/Polyalthia_venosa)'' {{small|Merr.}}
*''[Polyalthia watui](/source/Polyalthia_watui)'' {{small|K.M.Wong}}
*''[Polyalthia xanthocarpa](/source/Polyalthia_xanthocarpa)'' {{small|B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
*''[Polyalthia yingjiangensis](/source/Polyalthia_yingjiangensis)'' {{small|Y.H.Tan & B.Xue}}
{{div col end}}
===Reassigned to other genera===
According to [Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online), species have been placed in the following genera:
* ''[Disepalum](/source/Disepalum)''
** ''Polyalthia pingpienensis'' P.T.Li – synonym of ''[Disepalum plagioneurum](/source/Disepalum_plagioneurum)'' (Diels) D.M.Johnson
* ''[Huberantha](/source/Huberantha)'' Chaowasku
** ''Polyalthia cerasoides'' (Roxb.) Bedd. – synonym of ''[Huberantha cerasoides](/source/Huberantha_cerasoides)'' (Roxb.) Chaowasku[[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77146148-1 Plants of the World Online (POWO): ''Huberantha cerasoides'' (Roxb.) Chaowasku (retrieved 4 April 2020)]]
** ''Polyalthia korinti'' (Dunal) Benth. & J. Hk. ex J. Hk. & Thoms – synonym of ''[Huberantha korinti](/source/Huberantha_korinti)'' (Dunal) Chaowasku
** ''Polyalthia nitidissima'' – synonym of ''[Huberantha nitidissima](/source/Huberantha_nitidissima)'' (Dunal) Chaowasku
** ''Polyalthia palawanensis'' Merr. – synonym of ''[Huberantha palawanensis](/source/Huberantha_palawanensis)'' (Merr.) I.M.Turner
* ''[Meiogyne](/source/Meiogyne)''
** ''Polyalthia laddiana'' A.C.Sm. – synonym of ''[Meiogyne laddiana](/source/Meiogyne_laddiana)'' (A.C.Sm.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
* ''[Monoon](/source/Monoon)'' Miq.
** ''Polyalthia coffeoides'' ([Hook.f.](/source/Joseph_Dalton_Hooker) & Th.) – synonym of ''[Monoon coffeoides](/source/Monoon_coffeoides)'' (Thwaites ex Hook.f. & Thomson) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders[[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77122997-1 Plants of the World Online (POWO): ''Monoon coffeoides'' (Thwaites ex Hook.f. & Thomson) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders (retrieved 4 April 2020)]]
** ''Polyalthia fragrans'' (Dalz.) [Bedd.](/source/Bedd.) – synonym of ''[Monoon fragrans](/source/Monoon_fragrans)'' {{small|(Dalzell) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
** ''Polyalthia glabra'' (Hook.f. & Th.) James Sincl. – synonym of ''[Monoon glabrum](/source/Monoon_glabrum)'' {{small|(Hook.f. & Thomson) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
** ''Polyalthia hookeriana'' [King](/source/George_King_(botanist)) – synonym of ''[Monoon hookerianum](/source/Monoon_hookerianum)'' {{small|(King) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
** ''Polyalthia hypogaea'' King – synonym of ''[Monoon hypogaeum](/source/Monoon_hypogaeum)'' {{small|(King) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders}}
** ''Polyalthia longifolia'' (Sonn.) Thwaites – synonym of ''[Monoon longifolium](/source/Monoon_longifolium)'' (Sonn.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders[[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77123022-1 Plants of the World Online (POWO): ''Monoon longifolium'' (Sonn.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders (retrieved 4 April 2020)]]
** ''Polyalthia pachyphylla'' King – synonym of ''[Monoon pachyphyllum](/source/Monoon_pachyphyllum)'' (King) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
** ''Polyalthia shendurunii'' Basha & Sasi. is now ''[Monoon shendurunii](/source/Monoon_shendurunii)'' (Basha & Sasidh.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
** ''Polyalthia simiarum'' (Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f. & Thomson) Hook.f. & Thomson – synonym of ''[Monoon simiarum](/source/Monoon_simiarum)'' (Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f. & Thomson) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders
* ''[Phaeanthus](/source/Phaeanthus)''
** ''Polyalthia macropoda'' King – synonym of ''[Phaeanthus ophthalmicus](/source/Phaeanthus_ophthalmicus)'' (Roxb. ex G.Don) J.Sinclair
* ''[Polyalthiopsis](/source/Polyalthiopsis)'' Chaowasku
** ''Polyalthia floribunda'' Jovet-Ast – synonym of ''[Polyalthiopsis floribunda](/source/Polyalthiopsis_floribunda)'' (Jovet-Ast) Chaowasku (Vietnam)
* ''[Wuodendron](/source/Wuodendron)'' B.Xue, Y.H.Tan & Chaowasku (monotypic)
** ''Polyalthia litseifolia'' C.Y.Wu ex P.T.Li – synonym of ''[Wuodendron praecox](/source/Wuodendron_praecox)'' {{small|(Hook.f. & Thomson) B.Xue, Y.H.Tan & X.L.Hou}}
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
[{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:2110-1 |title=''Polyalthia'' Blume |website=[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) |year=2025 |access-date=17 January 2025}}]
}}
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