What is "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.

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

moved to other genera ( Adenochlaena Cephalocrotonopsis Cladogynos Epiprinus Sumbaviopsis )