Pimelodendron is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1855.Hasskarl, Justus Carl. 1855. Verslagen en Mededeelingen van de Afdeeling Natuurkunde; Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen 4: 140Tropicos, Pimelodendron Hassk. It is native to insular Southeast Asia, Thailand, Papuasia, and Queensland.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
These are small and large trees, with red to brown bark. The tree has white or yellow, spotty exudate and also contains some latex. The leaves are in general tightly bunched at the end of twigs.
Species Pimelodendron amboinicum Hassk. - Lesser Sunda Is, Sulawesi, Maluku, New Guinea, Bismarks, Solomons, Queensland Pimelodendron griffithianum (Müll.Arg.) Benth. ex Hook.f. - S Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra Pimelodendron macrocarpum J.J.Sm. - W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra Pimelodendron zoanthogyne J.J.Sm. - W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
Formerly included moved to Actephila Pimelodendron dispersum - Actephila excelsa var. javanica
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