Cavacoa is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1955.Léonard, Jean Joseph Gustave. 1955. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles 25: 320Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew All the species are native to sub-Saharan Africa.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It is dioecious.
Species Cavacoa aurea (Cavaco) J.Léonard - Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal Cavacoa baldwinii (Keay & Cavaco) J.Léonard - Sierra Leone, Liberia Cavacoa quintasii (Pax & K.Hoffm.) J.Léonard - Annobón, São Tomé, Zaïre
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