title: Kostermanthus
text: # Kostermanthus
  
  Kostermanthus is a genus of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1979.
  
  Kostermanthus is native to Southeast Asia (Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi, and the Philippines). It is named in honor of André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans (1906-1994), an Indonesian botanist of Dutch ancestry.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Kostermanthus heteropetalus (Scort. ex King) Prance - Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Philippines
  * Kostermanthus malayanus (Kosterm.) Prance - Perak
  * Kostermanthus malayanus (Kosterm.) Prance - Malaysia
  * Kostermanthus robustus Prance - Sarawak
  