Scepocarpus Wedd.

Description of the genus

Comment: Most species were previously placed in the genus Urera. That genus is now largely restricted to the New World tropics and subtropics with only a few species remaining in West and Central tropical Africa and Madagascar.

Worldwide: 14 species in Tropical and South Africa.

Zambia: 2 taxa.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
hypselodendron (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) T.Wells & A.K.MonroEDescription, Image
trinervis (Hochst.) T.Wells & A.K.MonroNDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Scepocarpus:

Our websites:

Flora of Burundi: Scepocarpus
Flora of the DRC: Scepocarpus
Flora of Malawi: Scepocarpus
Flora of Mozambique: Scepocarpus
Flora of Rwanda: Scepocarpus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Scepocarpus

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Scepocarpus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Scepocarpus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Scepocarpus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Scepocarpus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Scepocarpus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Scepocarpus
JSTOR Plant Science: Scepocarpus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Scepocarpus
Plants of the World Online: Scepocarpus
Tropicos: Scepocarpus
Wikipedia: Scepocarpus

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Scepocarpus.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2824, retrieved 17 December 2025

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