Hymenocardia is a genus of trees in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1836. Most of the species are native to Africa, with one in Southeast Asia. Species 1. \n* Hymenocardia acida - from Gambia to Ethiopia to Mozambique 2. \n* Hymenocardia heudelotii - W + C Africa 3. \n* Hymenocardia lyrata - W Africa 4. \n* Hymenocardia punctata - Mishmi Hills, Indochina, W Malaysia, Sumatra 5. \n* Hymenocardia ripicola - Cameroon, Congo, Zaïre 6. \n* Hymenocardia ulmoides - C + E + S Africaformerly included moved to Mallotus \n* Hymenocardia plicata - Mallotus plicatus