Syndyophyllum is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1900.Schumann, Karl Moritz & Lauterbach, Carl Adolf Georg. 1900. Die Flora der Deutschen Schutzgebiete in der Südsee 403 It is native to Sumatra, Borneo, and New Guinea.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Species Syndyophyllum excelsum K.Schum. & Lauterb. - New Guinea Syndyophyllum occidentale (Airy Shaw) Welzen - Sumatra, Borneo
Formerly included Syndyophyllum trinervium K.Schum. & Lauterb., synonym of Mallotus trinervius (K.Schum. & Lauterb.) Pax & K.Hoffm.
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