Cephalocroton Explained

Cephalocroton is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1841.^{[1] [2]} It is native to central, eastern, and southern Africa from Nigeria and Ethiopia south to KwaZulu-Natal.^{[3] [4]}

UseThe dead wood of some species can be used as a fumigant.

Species^[3]

1. Cephalocroton cordofanus Hochst. - Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania
2. Cephalocroton incanus M.G.Gilbert - Nigeria, Ethiopia
3. Cephalocroton mollis Klotzsch - Tanzania, Mozambuque, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
4. Cephalocroton polygynus Pax & K.Hoffm. - Somalia

formerly includedmoved to other genera (Adenochlaena Cephalocrotonopsis Cladogynos Epiprinus Sumbaviopsis)

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/777055#page/372/mode/1up Hochstetter, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich. 1841. Flora oder Botanische Zeitung :welche Recensionen, Abhandlungen, Aufsätze, Neuigkeiten und Nachrichten, die Botanik betreffend, enthält 24: 370
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40003978 Tropicos, genus Cephalocroton
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=36754 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. 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.