Cephalocroton

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.

The dead wood of some species can be used as a fumigant.
 * Use

moved to other genera (Adenochlaena Cephalocrotonopsis Cladogynos Epiprinus Sumbaviopsis ) • # C. albicans - Sumbaviopsis albicans
 * Species
 * 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 included

• # C. albicans var. virens - Cladogynos orientalis

• # C. cordifolius - Adenochlaena leucocephala

• # C. discolor - Cladogynos orientalis

• # C. indicus - Epiprinus mallotiformis

• # C. leucocephalus - Adenochlaena leucocephala

• # C. orientalis - Cladogynos orientalis

• # C. socotranus - Cephalocrotonopsis socotranus

• # C. zeylanicus - Adenochlaena zeylanica