Sarcophrynium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Marantaceae indigenous to tropical Africa. It was described as a genus in 1902.Schumann, Karl Moritz. 1902. Das Pflanzenreich IV. 48 (Heft 11): 35Tropicos, Sarcophrynium K. Schum.
In Cameroon, the leaves of Sarcophyrnium species are used to thatch huts. The fruits are also used as accessories.
Species
Sarcophrynium bisubulatum (K.Schum.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - Zaïre Sarcophrynium brachystachys (Benth.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - C + W Africa Sarcophrynium congolense Loes. in G.W.J.Mildbraed (ed.) - Zaïre Sarcophrynium prionogonium (K.Schum.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - C + W Africa Sarcophrynium schweinfurthianum (Kuntze) Milne-Redh. - C + E Africa Sarcophrynium villosum (Benth.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - Gabon
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