Claoxylon
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 Claoxylon sandwicense
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Claoxylon is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae, comprising dioecious subshrubs to small trees. The genus comprises about 80 species, distributed in paleotropical areas: Madagascar through South and Southeast Asia, Malesia to Melanesia, Hawaii, and Australia. Half of the species are in Malesia.
The genera Erythrochilus Reinw. ex Blume (or Erythrochylus Reinw. ex Blume, an orthographic variant) and Quadrasia Elmer is generally included into this genus.
