{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Ternstroemia gymnanthera2.jpg |image_caption = ''Ternstroemia gymnanthera'' |taxon = Ternstroemia |authority = Mutis ex L.f.{{R|POWO}} |synonyms = {{species list|header=13 synonyms|hidden=yes |Adinandrella |Exell |Amphania |Banks ex DC. |Cyclandra |Lauterb. |Dupinia |Scop. |Erythrochiton |Griff. |Hoferia |Scop. |Llanosia |Blanco |Michoxia |Vell. |Mokof |Adans. |Mokofua |Kuntze |Reinwardtia |Korth. |Taonabo |Aubl. |Voelckeria |Klotzsch & H.Karst. ex Endl. }} |synonyms_ref = {{R|POWO}} }}
'''''Ternstroemia''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Pentaphylacaceae.<ref>{{Citation |last=Stevens |first=P.F. |title=Angiosperm Phylogeny Website |url=https://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/ |access-date=2014-09-18 }}</ref> It is distributed in tropical and subtropical regions in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.<ref name=china>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=132484 ''Ternstroemia''.] Flora of China.</ref>
These are evergreen shrubs and trees. The leaves are alternately arranged, sometimes in clusters. Species are androdioecious, with some individuals bearing bisexual flowers and others with flowers that are functionally male. Flowers are solitary or borne in clusters. The flower has two bracteoles, five sepals, five petals, and many stamens. The berry-like fruit contains seeds that have red flesh over a thick endosperm. They are likely dispersed by birds.<ref name=china/>
''T. gymnanthera'' is an Asian species cultivated as an ornamental plant.<ref>[http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/shrubs/ternstroemia_gymnanthera.html ''Ternstroemia gymnanthera''.] North Carolina State University Extension.</ref><ref>[http://www.floridata.com/ref/t/ternstro.cfm ''Ternstroemia gymnanthera''.] FloriData.</ref> ''T. pringlei'' is one of the most widely used medicinal plants in Mexico.<ref>Lozada-Lechuga, J., et al. (2010). [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19951739 Isolation of jacaranone, a sedative constituent extracted from the flowers of the Mexican tree ''Ternstroemia pringlei''.] ''Journal of Ethnopharmacology'' 127(2), 551-54.</ref>
The genus was named in honour of Christopher Tärnström.{{cn|date=May 2026}}
The following 161 species are accepted by Plants of the World Online {{As of|2026|05|lc=y}}:{{R|POWO}} {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *''Ternstroemia acajetensis'' {{small|Cast.-Campos & Pal.-Wass.}} *''Ternstroemia acrodantha'' {{small|Kobuski & Steyerm.}} *''Ternstroemia acuminata'' {{small|Jack}} *''Ternstroemia africana'' {{small|Melch.}} *''Ternstroemia alnifolia'' {{small|Wawra}} *''Ternstroemia amistadensis'' {{small|Q.Jiménez & D.Santam.}} *''Ternstroemia aracae'' {{small|B.M.Boom}} *''Ternstroemia asymmetrica'' {{small|Rusby}} *''Ternstroemia atlantica'' {{small|J.R.Grande}} *''Ternstroemia bahiensis'' {{small|J.A.Vieira & D.Sampaio}} *''Ternstroemia baracoensis'' {{small|O.C.Schmidt}} *''Ternstroemia barkeri'' {{small|Ekman & O.C.Schmidt}} *''Ternstroemia beccarii'' {{small|Stapf ex Ridl.}} *''Ternstroemia biangulipes'' {{small|H.T.Chang}} *''Ternstroemia borbensis'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia brachypoda'' {{small|(Wawra) Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia brasiliensis'' {{small|Cambess.}} *''Ternstroemia britteniana'' {{small|F.Muell.}} *''Ternstroemia browniana'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia bullata'' {{small|Proctor}} *''Ternstroemia buxifolia'' {{small|Ekman & O.C.Schmidt}} *''Ternstroemia cachalu'' {{small|Fonseca-Cortés & J.R.Grande}} *''Ternstroemia calycina'' {{small|Fawc. & Rendle}} *''Ternstroemia camelliifolia'' {{small|Linden & Planch.}} *''Ternstroemia cameroonensis'' {{small|Cheek}} *''Ternstroemia campinicola'' {{small|B.M.Boom}} *''Ternstroemia candolleana'' {{small|Wawra}} *''Ternstroemia caput-medusae'' {{small|J.R.Grande}} *''Ternstroemia carnosa'' {{small|Cambess.}} *''Ternstroemia cernua'' {{small|Griseb.}} *''Ternstroemia chapaensis'' {{small|Gagnep.}} *''Ternstroemia cherryi'' {{small|(F.M.Bailey) Merr. ex J.F.Bailey & C.T White}} *''Ternstroemia circumscissilis'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia citrina'' {{small|Ridl.}} *''Ternstroemia cleistogama'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia clusiifolia'' {{small|Kunth}} *''Ternstroemia compacta'' {{small|(J.F.Macbr.) Molinari}} *''Ternstroemia congestiflora'' {{small|Triana & Planch.}} *''Ternstroemia coniocarpa'' {{small|L.K.Ling}} *''Ternstroemia coriacea'' {{small|Scheff.}} *''Ternstroemia crassifolia'' {{small|Benth.}} *''Ternstroemia cuneifolia'' {{small|Gardner}} *''Ternstroemia dehiscens'' {{small|Huber}} *''Ternstroemia delicatula'' {{small|Choisy}} *''Ternstroemia dentata'' {{small|(Aubl.) Sw.}} *''Ternstroemia dentisepala'' {{small|B.M.Barthol.}} *''Ternstroemia discoidea'' {{small|Gleason}} *''Ternstroemia discolor'' {{small|Hung T.Chang & S.H.Shi}} *''Ternstroemia distyla'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia duidae'' {{small|Gleason}} *''Ternstroemia dura'' {{small|Gleason}} *''Ternstroemia ekmanii'' {{small|O.C.Schmidt}} *''Ternstroemia elliptica'' {{small|Sw.}} *''Ternstroemia elongata'' {{small|(Korth.) Koord.}} *''Ternstroemia emarginata'' {{small|(Gardner) Choisy}} *''Ternstroemia evenia'' {{small|(King) A.C.Sm.}} *''Ternstroemia fandango'' {{small|Fonseca-Cortés & J.R.Grande}} *''Ternstroemia flavescens'' {{small|Griseb.}} *''Ternstroemia foetida'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia fragrans'' {{small|(Champ.) Choisy}} *''Ternstroemia gitingensis'' {{small|Elmer}} *''Ternstroemia glandulosa'' {{small|Alain}} *''Ternstroemia gleasoniana'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia globiflora'' {{small|Ruiz & Pav.}} *''Ternstroemia glomerata'' {{small|Proctor}} *''Ternstroemia gracilifolia'' {{small|O.C.Schmidt}} *''Ternstroemia grandiosa'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia granulata'' {{small|Krug & Urb.}} *''Ternstroemia guanchezii'' {{small|B.M.Boom}} *''Ternstroemia guerrerensis'' {{small|Alc.-Ayala, Luna-Vega, Mar.-Ceceña & Alvarado-Sizzo}} *''Ternstroemia guineensis'' {{small|Cheek}} *''Ternstroemia gymnanthera'' {{small|(Wight & Arn.) Bedd.}} *''Ternstroemia hainanensis'' {{small|H.T.Chang}} *''Ternstroemia hartii'' {{small|Krug & Urb.}} *''Ternstroemia heptasepala'' {{small|Krug & Urb.}} *''Ternstroemia hosei'' {{small|Ridl.}} *''Ternstroemia houtsoortiana'' {{small|Pierre}} *''Ternstroemia howardiana'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia huasteca'' {{small|B.M.Barthol.}} *''Ternstroemia huberi'' {{small|J.R.Grande}} *''Ternstroemia insignis'' {{small|Y.C.Wu}} *''Ternstroemia jelskii'' {{small|(Szyszył.) Melch.}} *''Ternstroemia killipiana'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia kjellbergii'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia klugiana'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia krukoffiana'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia kwangtungensis'' {{small|Merr.}} *''Ternstroemia laevigata'' {{small|Wawra}} *''Ternstroemia landae'' {{small|Standl. & L.O.Williams}} *''Ternstroemia ledermannii'' {{small|(Lauterb.) Hatus.}} *''Ternstroemia lehmannii'' {{small|(Hieron.) Urb.}} *''Ternstroemia liesneriana'' {{small|D.Santam. & Lagom.}} *''Ternstroemia lineata'' {{small|DC.}} *''Ternstroemia lowii'' {{small|Stapf}} *''Ternstroemia luquillensis'' {{small|Krug & Urb.}} *''Ternstroemia luteoflora'' {{small|L.K.Ling}} *''Ternstroemia maclellandiana'' {{small|Ridl.}} *''Ternstroemia macrocarpa'' {{small|Triana & Planch.}} *''Ternstroemia magnifica'' {{small|Stapf ex Ridl.}} *''Ternstroemia maguirei'' {{small|B.M.Boom}} *''Ternstroemia maltbya'' {{small|Rose}} *''Ternstroemia megaloptycha'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia meiocarpa'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia meridionalis'' {{small|Mutis ex L.f.}} *''Ternstroemia merrilliana'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia microcalyx'' {{small|Krug & Urb.}} *''Ternstroemia microphylla'' {{small|Merr.}} *''Ternstroemia moaensis'' {{small|Borhidi & O.Muñiz}} *''Ternstroemia monostigma'' {{small|W.R.Barker}} *''Ternstroemia montana'' {{small|Ridl.}} *''Ternstroemia multiovulata'' {{small|Gómez-Laur., Q.Jiménez & N.Zamora}} *''Ternstroemia mutisiana'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia nabirensis'' {{small|Sa.Kurata}} *''Ternstroemia nashii'' {{small|Urb.}} *''Ternstroemia nitida'' {{small|Merr.}} *''Ternstroemia oleifolia'' {{small|Wawra}} *''Ternstroemia oligostemon'' {{small|Krug & Urb.}} *''Ternstroemia ombrophicola'' {{small|J.A.Vieira & D.Samp.}} *''Ternstroemia ostracophylla'' {{small|J.R.Grande}} *''Ternstroemia pachytrocha'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia pacifica'' {{small|Fonseca-Cortés & J.R.Grande}} *''Ternstroemia palembangensis'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia parviflora'' {{small|Krug & Urb.}} *''Ternstroemia patens'' {{small|(Korth.) Choisy}} *''Ternstroemia peduncularis'' {{small|DC.}} *''Ternstroemia penangiana'' {{small|Choisy}} *''Ternstroemia penduliflora'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia philippinensis'' {{small|Merr.}} *''Ternstroemia polyandra'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia polypetala'' {{small|Melch.}} *''Ternstroemia prancei'' {{small|B.M.Boom}} *''Ternstroemia pubescens'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia punctata'' {{small|(Aubl.) Sw.}} *''Ternstroemia pungens'' {{small|Gleason}} *''Ternstroemia quinquepartita'' {{small|Ruiz & Pav.}} *''Ternstroemia religiosa'' {{small|Fonseca-Cortés & J.R.Grande}} *''Ternstroemia robinsonii'' {{small|Merr.}} *''Ternstroemia rostrata'' {{small|Krug & Urb.}} *''Ternstroemia rupestris'' {{small|J.A.Vieira & D.Sampaio}} *''Ternstroemia schomburgkiana'' {{small|Benth.}} *''Ternstroemia scortechinii'' {{small|King}} *''Ternstroemia selleana'' {{small|Ekman & O.C.Schmidt}} *''Ternstroemia serrata'' {{small|Jack}} *''Ternstroemia serratifolia'' {{small|J.A.Vieira & D.Samp.}} *''Ternstroemia sichuanensis'' {{small|L.K.Ling}} *''Ternstroemia simaoensis'' {{small|L.K.Ling}} *''Ternstroemia stahlii'' {{small|Krug & Urb.}} *''Ternstroemia steyermarkii'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia subcaudata'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia subserrata'' {{small|(Rusby) Melch.}} *''Ternstroemia subsessilis'' {{small|(Britton) Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia sylvatica'' {{small|Schltdl. & Cham.}} *''Ternstroemia tepezapote'' {{small|Schltdl. & Cham.}} *''Ternstroemia toquian'' {{small|Fern.-Vill.}} *''Ternstroemia unilocularis'' {{small|Kobuski & Steyerm.}} *''Ternstroemia urdanetensis'' {{small|(Elmer) Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia urophora'' {{small|Kobuski}} *''Ternstroemia verticillata'' {{small|Klotzsch ex Wawra}} *''Ternstroemia wallichiana'' {{small|(Griff.) Engl.}} *''Ternstroemia washikiatii'' {{small|Cornejo & C.Ulloa}} *''Ternstroemia yunnanensis'' {{small|L.K.Ling}} }}
==References== <references> {{Columns-list|colwidth=30em| <ref name="POWO">{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332004-2 |title=''Ternstroemia'' Mutis ex L.f. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |year=2026 |access-date=24 May 2026}}</ref> }} </references>
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