Pentace

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Indian trees - an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire (1906) (20619659429).jpg

|image_caption = Pentace burmanica

|taxon = Pentace

|authority = Hassk.

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Pentace is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae sensu lato or Tiliaceae.{{Cite journal |last1=Khasri |first1=Azduwin |last2=Bello |first2=Olugbenga Solomon |last3=Ahmad |first3=Mohd Azmier |date=2018-10-01 |title=Mesoporous activated carbon from Pentace species sawdust via microwave-induced KOH activation: optimization and methylene blue adsorption |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-018-3452-7 |journal=Research on Chemical Intermediates |language=en |volume=44 |issue=10 |pages=5737–5757 |doi=10.1007/s11164-018-3452-7 |issn=1568-5675|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last1=Duangyod |first1=Thidarat |last2=Palanuvej |first2=Chanida |last3=Ruangrungsi |first3=Nijsiri |last4=Ruangrungsi |first4=Nijsiri |date=2014 |title=Pharmacognostic Specifications and Quantification of ( )-catechin and (-)-epicatechin in Pentace Burmanica Stem Bark |journal=Pharmacognosy Research |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=251–256 |doi=10.4103/0974-8490.132606 |pmc=4080507 |pmid=25002807 |doi-access=free }} It includes 30 species native to tropical Asia, ranging from Bangladesh through Indochina and Malesia to the Philippines and the Lesser Sunda Islands.{{cite web |title=Pentace Hassk. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:39497-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=9 January 2024}}