Epicharis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Meliaceae. It includes seven species which range from Indochina to south-central China, Taiwan, Malesia, Papuasia, Queensland, and Fiji.
The genus was first named by Carl Ludwig Blume in 1825.Blume CL (1825) Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 166. Most of the species currently accepted were, until recently, included in genus Dysoxylum. A genetic study published in 2021 found that Dysoxylum is polyphyletic, and Epicharis was revived and re-circumscribed.
The genus is named for Epicharis (d. 65 CE), a Roman woman who was a leader in the Pisonian conspiracy, and who was tortured and committed suicide rather than betray her co-conspirators.
Species Plants of the World Online includes the following accepted species: Epicharis alata – New Guinea Epicharis brevipanicula – east-central New Guinea Epicharis cumingiana – Taiwan, Philippines, Maluku Islands, Sulawesi, and Lesser Sunda Islands Epicharis cuneata – Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and the Philippines Epicharis densiflora – type species - southern Yunnan (south-Central China), Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, and the Lesser Sunda Islands Epicharis gillespieana – Fiji Epicharis parasitica – Taiwan (Lan Yü), Malesia, Papuasia, and Queensland
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