Ricinodendreae

Ricinodendreae is a tribe of the subfamily Crotonoideae, under the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises 3 genera.

• Givotia (from east Africa, Madagascar, India and Sri Lanka),
• Givotia gosai
• Givotia madagascariensis
• Givotia moluccana
• Givotia stipularis
• Ricinodendron (from Tropical Africa),
• Ricinodendron heudelotii
• Schinziophyton (from Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe),
• Schinziophyton rautanenii

Notable species include mongongo (Schinziophyton rautanenii) and njangsa (Ricinodendron heudelotii).

Phylogeny

According to the Open Tree of Life, phylogenetic analysis suggests the following relationships amongst genera.

See also

• Taxonomy of the Euphorbiaceae

References