''Crateranthus'' is a genus of

woody plant A woody plant is a plant that produces wood as its structural tissue and thus has a hard stem. In cold climates, woody plants further survive winter or dry season above ground, as opposite to herbaceous plants that die back to the ground until sp ...

in the family

Lecythidaceae The Lecythidaceae comprise a family (biology), family of about 20 genera and 250–300 species of woody plants native to tropical South America, Africa (including Madagascar), Asia and Australia. The most important member of the family in wor ...

, first described as a genus in 1913. It is native to tropical Africa (

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).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438. ;Species * '' Crateranthus cameroonensis'' Cheek & Prance – Cameroon * '' Crateranthus congolensis'' Lecomte – Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo * '' Crateranthus le-testui'' Lecomte – Gabon, Republic of Congo * '' Crateranthus talbotii'' Baker f. – Cameroon, Gabon, southern Nigeria

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