Sclerocroton

Sclerocroton is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1845. There a total of 6 known species in this genus; 5 species in continental Africa and a single species in Madagascar.

1. Sclerocroton carterianus <small>(J.Léonard) Kruijt & Roebers</small> - Liberia, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone
2. Sclerocroton cornutus <small>(Pax) Kruijt & Roebers</small> - C + SC Africa from Cameroon to Zimbabwe plus Ivory Coast
3. Sclerocroton integerrimus <small>Hochst.</small> - C + S Africa from Zaire to KawZulu-Natal, plus Guinea
4. Sclerocroton melanostictus <small>(Baill.) Kruijt & Roebers</small> - Madagascar
5. Sclerocroton oblongifolius <small>(Müll.Arg.) Kruijt & Roebers</small> - Zaire, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe
6. Sclerocroton schmitzii <small>(J.Léonard) Kruijt & Roebers</small> - Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia, Zimbabwe

moved to Shirakiopsis

• Sclerocroton ellipticus - Shirakiopsis elliptica

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