''Kibatalia'' is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family

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, tribe Malouetieae, first described as a genus in 1826. It was initially called ''Hasseltia'', but this turned out to be an illegitimate homonym (in other words, someone else had already used the name for another plant). So ''Kibatalia'' was chosen as a replacement name. ''Kibatalia'' is native to

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.Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 179 倒缨木属 dao ying mu shu ''Kibatalia'' G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 86. 1837.
/ref> ;Species # '' Kibatalia arborea'' ( Blume)

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– Thailand, Philippines, W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi # '' Kibatalia blancoi'' (Rolfe ex Stapf) Merr. – Philippines # '' Kibatalia borneensis'' (Stapf) Merr. – Sarawak # '' Kibatalia elmeri'' Woodson – Luzon # '' Kibatalia gitingensis'' (Elmer) Woodson – Philippines # '' Kibatalia laurifolia'' (Ridl.) Woodson – Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, W Malaysia # '' Kibatalia longifolia''

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– Mindanao # '' Kibatalia macgregori'' (Elmer) Woodson – Sibuyan # '' Kibatalia macrophylla'' (Pierre ex Hua) Woodson – Yunnan, Indochina # '' Kibatalia maingayi'' (

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) Woodson – Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Mindanao # '' Kibatalia merrilliana'' Woodson – Leyte, Samar # '' Kibatalia puberula''

– Samar in Philippines # '' Kibatalia stenopetala''

– Luzon, Dinagat, Mindanao # '' Kibatalia villosa'' Rudjiman – W Malaysia, Borneo # '' Kibatalia wigmani'' (Koord.) Merr. – Sulawesi ;formerly included # '' Kibatalia africana'' (Benth.) Merr. = ''

Funtumia africana ''Funtumia africana'' is a tree within the Apocynaceae family, it is one of two species within the genus ''Funtumia''. Description Tree can grow up to 30 meters high but usually smaller, trunk is straight, cylindrical and may sometimes have b ...

'' (Benth.) Stapf # '' Kibatalia elastica'' (Preuss) Merr. = ''

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'' (Preuss) Stapf # '' Kibatalia latifolia'' (Stapf) Merr. = ''

'' (Benth.) Stapf # '' Kibatalia scheffieri'' (K.Schum.) Merr. = ''

'' (Benth.) Stapf # '' Kibatalia zenkeri'' (K.Schum.) Merr. = ''

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