Allophylus chartaceus

{{short description|Species of plant}}

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| genus = Allophylus

| species = chartaceus

| authority = (Kurz) Radlk.

| synonyms = {{species list |Schmidelia chartacea |Kurz

|Croton bhasanthiae |T.K.Paul

|Allophylus zeylanicus var. grandifolius |Hiern}}

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Allophylus chartaceus is a species of flowering plant species in the family Sapindaceae.{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:781719-1 |title= Allophylus chartaceus (Kurz) Radlk. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=June 8, 2025}}{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/BYBZ |title= Allophylus chartaceus (Kurz) Radlk. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=June 8, 2025}}Engler & Prantl, Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien III. (5): 313. 1895 It is native to China, India, and Bhutan.[https://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200013170 Flora of China vol 12 page 22].

The plant is a shrub with simple leaves, and inflorescences in pairs or groups rather than solitary. It produces fleshy red fruits up to 1 cm in diameter.