Zanthoxylum is a genus of about 250 species of deciduous and evergreen trees, shrubs and climbers in the family Rutaceae that are native to warm temperate and subtropical areas worldwide. It is the type genus of the tribe Zanthoxyleae in the subfamily Rutoideae. Several of the species have yellow heartwood, to which their generic name alludes. Several species are cultivated for their use as spices, notably including Sichuan pepper.
Nephthytis is a genus of five species of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to tropical western and west-central Africa, ranging from Guinea to the Republic of the Congo.
Synsepalum is a genus of trees and shrubs in the chicle family, Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1852.
Beilschmiedia is a genus of trees and shrubs in family Lauraceae. Most of its species grow in tropical climates, but a few of them are native to temperate regions, and they are widespread in tropical Asia, Africa, Madagascar, Australia, New Zealand, North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. The best-known species to gardeners in temperate areas are B. berteroana and B. miersii because of their frost tolerance. Seeds of B. bancroftii were used as a source of food by Australian Aborigines. Timbers of some species are very valuable.
Lecomtedoxa is a genus of plant in family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1914.
Magnistipula is a genus of plant in family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1905.
Marantochloa is a genus of plant in family Marantaceae described as a genus in 1860. It is native to tropical Africa and to islands in the Indian Ocean.
Pierreodendron is a genus of plants in the family Simaroubaceae.
Eremospatha is a genus of climbing flowering plants in the palm family found in tropical Africa. These rattans are uncommon in cultivation and poorly understood by taxonomists. Closely related to Laccosperma, they are differentiated by the near complete absence of bracts and bracteoles. The name is from Greek meaning 'without a spathe'.
Anchomanes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The genus is native to tropical Africa.
Cercestis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The species in this genus are all climbers and are native to Africa. At intervals along the stem they produce long leafless shoots called flagella. Many of the species in Cersestis show signs of fenestration.
Culcasia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to tropical Africa. Most of its species are climbers and resemble Cercestis, except that they do not produce flagella.
- Culcasia angolensisWelw. ex Schott - western + central Africa from Senegal to Angola
- Culcasia annetiiNtépé-Nyamè - Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Liberia
- Culcasia bosiiNtépé-Nyamè - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville
- Culcasia brevipetiolataBogner - Gabon
- Culcasia caudataEngl. - Zaïre
- Culcasia dinklageiEngl - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre
- Culcasia ekongoloiNtépé-Nyamè - central Africa from Nigeria to Zaïre
- Culcasia falcifoliaEngl. - central Africa from Gabon east to Tanzania and south to Mozambique
- Culcasia glandulosaHepper - Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Congo-Brazzaville
- Culcasia insulanaN.E.Br. - Zaïre, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands
- Culcasia lanceolataEngl. - Cameroon, Gabon
- Culcasia libericaN.E.Br. - Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo
- Culcasia linearifoliaBogner - Cameroon, Gabon
- Culcasia loukandensisPellegr - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Central African Republic
- Culcasia mannii(Hook.f.) Engl. - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea
- Culcasia obliquifoliaEngl. - Cameroon, Gabon
- Culcasia orientalisMayo - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia
- Culcasia panduriformisEngl. & K.Krause - Cameroon, Gabon
- Culcasia parvifloraN.E.Br. - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre
- Culcasia rotundifoliaBogner - Gabon
- Culcasia sanagensisNtépé-Nyamè - Cameroon
- Culcasia scandensP.Beauv. - western + central Africa from Liberia to Angola
- Culcasia seretiiDe Wild - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre
- Culcasia simiarumNtépé-Nyamè - western Africa from Ivory Coast to Cameroon
- Culcasia striolataEngl. - western + central Africa from Liberia to Congo-Brazzaville
- Culcasia tenuifoliaEngl. - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre
- Culcasia yangambiensisLouis & Mullend. - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre
Englerophytum is a group of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1914.
Urobotrya is a genus of plants in the family Opiliaceae described as a genus in 1905.
Meiocarpidium is a genus of plants in the family Annonaceae. It is distributed in Cameroon, The Central African Republic, The Republic of the Congo, and Gabon. Adolf Engler and Ludwig Diels, the German botanists who first formally described the genus, named it after the small number of carpels in the flowers.
Donella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapotaceae.
Simaba is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Simaroubaceae.
Gambeya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapotaceae.
Diogoa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Olacaceae.
Trichoscypha acuminata, commonly called amvout, is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Gabon, the Congos and Angola. Mature trees reach 20m in height and leaves are up to 1.5m long. Its natural habitat is rain forest. Fruits are dark red and edible.
