Ricinodendron

Ricinodendron
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.^[2]^[3] 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.^[1]

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

Ricinodendron heudelotii subsp. africanum (Müll.Arg.) J.Léonard - tropical Africa from Nigeria east to Sudan and Tanzania and south to Mozambique and Angola
Ricinodendron heudelotii subsp. heudelotii - W Africa from Senegal to Benin
Ricinodendron heudelotii var. tomentellum (Hutch. & E.A.Bruce) Radcl.-Sm. - Kenya, Tanzania