Maytenus
Maytenus boaria, temperate's climate tree
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Celastrales
Family:	Celastraceae
Genus:	Maytenus Molina[1]

Maytenus (pronounced /ˈmeɪtɛnəs/)^[2] is a genus of plant in family Celastraceae. The genus is distributed throughout Central and South America, South East Asia, Micronesia and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. It grows in a very wide variety of climates; from tropical to subpolar.

[edit] Partial list of species

• Maytenus abbottii A. E. van Wyk
• Maytenus addat (Loes.) Sebsebe
• Maytenus bilocularis (F.Muell.) Loes. – Orangebark^[3]
• Maytenus boaria Molina
• Maytenus canariensis (Loes.) G. Kunkel & Sunding
• Maytenus clarendonensis Britton
• Maytenus crassipes Urb.
• Maytenus cunninghamii (Hook.) Loes. – Koonkara^[3]
• Maytenus curtissii (King) Ding Hou
• Maytenus cymosa
• Maytenus dhofarensis Sebsebe
• Maytenus disperma (F.Muell.) Loes.^[3]
• Maytenus eggersii Loes.
• Maytenus fasciculiflora Jessup^[3]
• Maytenus ferdinandi Jessup^[3]
• Maytenus harenensis Sebsebe
• Maytenus harrisii Krug & Urb.
• Maytenus ilicifolia Mart. ex Reissek
• Maytenus jamesonii Briq.
• Maytenus jefeana Lundell
• Maytenus laevigata Cinamomo
• Maytenus laevis
• Maytenus magellanica (Lam.) Hook.f.
• Maytenus manabiensis Loes.
• Maytenus matudai Lundell
• Maytenus microcarpa Fawc. & Rendle
• Maytenus obtusifolia
• Maytenus oleosa A. E. van Wyk & R.H.Archer
• Maytenus ponceana Britt.
• Maytenus phyllanthoides
• Maytenus silvestris Lander & L.A.S.Johnson – Narrow-leaved Orangebark, Orange Bark or Orange Bush^[3]
• Maytenus stipitata Lundell
• Maytenus vitis-idaea (Indian's Salt)
• Maytenus williamsii Ant. Molina

Maytenus sp. nov. A is an as of yet unpublished species in the genus that was given a "vulnerable" status by the IUCN Red List. It is endemic to Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and rocky areas.^[4]

[edit] Cultivation and uses

M. boaria and M. magellanica are the most known species in Europe and the United States because these are the most cold-tolerant trees of this mostly tropical genus. Maytenus ebenifola is added to some versions of the hallucinogenic drink Ayahuasca.^[5]

[edit] References

• Flora of Pakistan

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