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.


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

moved to Shirakiopsis
 * Formerly included
 * Sclerocroton ellipticus - Shirakiopsis elliptica