''Kibatalia'' is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family

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, tribe Malouetieae, first described as a genus in 1826. It was initially called ''Hasseltia'', but this turned out to be an illegitimate homonym (in other words, someone else had already used the name for another plant). So ''Kibatalia'' was chosen as a replacement name. ''Kibatalia'' is native to

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.Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 179 倒缨木属 dao ying mu shu ''Kibatalia'' G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 86. 1837.
/ref> ;Species # '' Kibatalia arborea'' ( Blume)

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– Thailand, Philippines, W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi # '' Kibatalia blancoi'' (Rolfe ex Stapf) Merr. – Philippines # '' Kibatalia borneensis'' (Stapf) Merr. – Sarawak # ''

Kibatalia elmeri ''Kibatalia elmeri'' is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to the island of Luzon in the Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in S ...

'' Woodson – Luzon # '' Kibatalia gitingensis'' (Elmer) Woodson – Philippines # '' Kibatalia laurifolia'' (Ridl.) Woodson – Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, W Malaysia # ''

Kibatalia longifolia ''Kibatalia longifolia'' is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Loca ...

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– Mindanao # '' Kibatalia macgregori'' (Elmer) Woodson – Sibuyan # '' Kibatalia macrophylla'' (Pierre ex Hua) Woodson – Yunnan, Indochina # '' Kibatalia maingayi'' (

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) Woodson – Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Mindanao # '' Kibatalia merrilliana'' Woodson – Leyte, Samar # '' Kibatalia puberula''

– Samar in Philippines # '' Kibatalia stenopetala''

– Luzon, Dinagat, Mindanao # '' Kibatalia villosa'' Rudjiman – W Malaysia, Borneo # '' Kibatalia wigmanii'' (Koord.) Merr. – Sulawesi ;formerly included # '' Kibatalia africana'' (Benth.) Merr. = '' Funtumia africana'' (Benth.) Stapf # '' Kibatalia elastica'' (Preuss) Merr. = ''

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'' (Preuss) Stapf # '' Kibatalia latifolia'' (Stapf) Merr. = '' Funtumia africana'' (Benth.) Stapf # '' Kibatalia scheffieri'' (K.Schum.) Merr. = '' Funtumia africana'' (Benth.) Stapf # '' Kibatalia zenkeri'' (K.Schum.) Merr. = '' Funtumia africana'' (Benth.) Stapf

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