Acidoton is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1788. It is native to the Greater Antilles, Central America, and tropical South America. Species 1. \n* Acidoton haitiensis Alain - Haiti 2. \n* Acidoton lanceolatus Urb. & Ekman - Haiti 3. \n* Acidoton microphyllus Urb. - Hispaniola 4. \n* Acidoton nicaraguensis (Hemsl.) G.L.Webster - Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, NW Brazil 5. \n* Acidoton urens Sw. - Jamaica 6. \n* Acidoton variifolius Urb. & Ekman - Hispaniolaformerly included