Achariaceae
Family of flowering plants
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Through Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
The family is almost exclusively tropical and is best known as the source of chaulmoogra oil, formerly used to treat leprosy. Unlike other members of the former Flacourtiaceae now placed in the family Salicaceae, the genera of Achariaceae typically have cyanogenic glycosides.
Genera
The following 31 genera are accepted by Plants of the World Online as of 23 January 2026:
- Acharia Thunb.
- Ahernia Merr.
- Baileyoxylon C.T.White
- Buchnerodendron Gürke
- Caloncoba Gilg
- Camptostylus Gilg
- Carpotroche Endl.
- Ceratiosicyos Nees
- Chiangiodendron Wendt
- Chlorocarpa Alston
- Dasylepis Oliv.
- Eleutherandra Slooten
- Erythrospermum Lam.
- Grandidiera Jaub.
- Guthriea Bolus
- Gynocardia R.Br.
- Hydnocarpus Gaertn.
- Kiggelaria L.
- Kuhlmanniodendron Fiaschi & Groppo
- Lindackeria C.Presl
- Mayna Aubl.
- Pangium Reinw.
- Peterodendron Sleumer
- Poggea Gürke
- Prockiopsis Baill.
- Rawsonia Harv. & Sond.
- Ryparosa Blume
- Scaphocalyx Ridl.
- Scottellia Oliv.
- Trichadenia Thwaites
- Xylotheca Hochst.
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