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Monoecious shrubs or trees, glabrous, with milky latex. Stipules linear. Leaves alternate, simple, without glands; margin serrate or entire, often with 1-2 marginal glands. Inflorescence a terminal elongate spike, lax at maturity, all male or with 1(-2) female flowers at the base. Male flowers: calyx open in bud, 3(-4)-lobed; petals 0; stamens 2-3. Female flowers: calyx 3(-4)-lobed; petals 0; ovary 3-lobed, each lobe with 2 appendages; styles 3. Fruit 3-lobed, dehiscent. Seeds smooth, ecarunculate.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Sclerocroton Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1625
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Sclerocroton

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Sclerocroton is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1845.[1][2] There a total of 6 known species in this genus; 5 species in continental Africa and a single species in Madagascar.[3][4][5]

Species[4]
  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
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moved to Shirakiopsis

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  1. ^ Hochstetter, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich. 1845. Flora 28: 85 in Latin
  2. ^ Tropicos, Sclerocroton Hochst.
  3. ^ Schmelzer, H. G. and Gurib-Fakim, A. (2008). Medicinal Plants. Plant Resources of Tropical Africa (Program). ISBN 90-5782-204-0
  4. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ^ 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.
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Sclerocroton: Brief Summary

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

moved to Shirakiopsis

Sclerocroton ellipticus - Shirakiopsis elliptica
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