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. Use The dead wood of some species can be used as a fumigant. Species Cephalocroton cordofanus Hochst. - Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania Cephalocroton incanus M.G.Gilbert - Nigeria, Ethiopia Cephalocroton mollis Klotzsch - Tanzania, Mozambuque, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga Cephalocroton polygynus Pax & K.Hoffm. - Somalia formerly included moved to other genera (Adenochlaena Cephalocrotonopsis Cladogynos Epiprinus Sumbaviopsis ) References Epiprineae Flora of Africa Euphorbiaceae genera