Ricinodendron gracilius

Ricinodendron

Ricinodendron heudelotii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Crotonoideae
Tribe:	Ricinodendreae
Genus:	Ricinodendron Müll.Arg.
Binomial name
*Ricinodendron heudelotii*
Synonyms
Barrettia Sim Jatropha heudelotii Baill. Ricinodendron africanum Müll.Arg. Ricinodendron gracilius Mildbr. Barrettia umbrosa Sim Ricinodendron tomentellum Hutch. & E.A.Bruce Ricinodendron schliebenii Mildbr.

Ricinodendron is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1864. It includes only one known species Njangsa (Ricinodendron heudelotii), native to tropical Africa from Senegal + Liberia east to Sudan and Tanzania and south to Mozambique and Angola.

The mongongo fruit (Schinziophyton rautanenii) was previously considered a member of this genus but has since been placed into a genus of its own.