''Cephalocroton'' is a
genus of
plant of the
family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1841. It is native to central, eastern, and southern
Africa from
Nigeria and
Ethiopia south to
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ...
.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref>[Govaerts, 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.]
;Use
The dead wood of some species can be used as a fumigant.
;Species[
# '' Cephalocroton cordofanus'' Hochst. - Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
# '' Cephalocroton incanus'' M.G.Gilbert - Nigeria, Ethiopia
# '' Cephalocroton mollis'' Klotzsch - Tanzania, Mozambuque, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, ]KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ...
, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga () is a province of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It ...
# '' Cephalocroton polygynus'' Pax & K.Hoffm. - Somalia
;formerly included
moved to other genera ''(Adenochlaena
''Adenochlaena'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1858. It is native to certain islands in the Indian Ocean.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of ...
Cephalocrotonopsis Cladogynos Epiprinus
''Epiprinus'' is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1854. It is native to Indochina, Sumatra, southern China, and the Indian Subcontinent.
;Species
# '' Epiprinus balansae'' (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Gagnep. - Vie ...
Sumbaviopsis )''
References
Epiprineae
Flora of Africa
Euphorbiaceae genera
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