Smythea is a genus of tropical climbing plants in the family Rhamnaceae. It includes twelve species, which occur in the Seychelles, India, South-East Asia, Melanesia and Micronesia. Smythea and Ventilago (another genus in the Rhamnaceae family) are usually grouped together in a tribe called Ventilagineae. The genus was first described by Berthold Seemann, and named in honour of William James Smythe.
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