Sarcocephalus is a genus of two species of shrubs or trees in the family Rubiaceae, sometimes classified as Naucleaceae, native to tropical Africa.

Sarcocephalus latifolius has edible fruits, known as African peach, Guinea peach, Sierra Leone-peach, country-fig.Species

• Sarcocephalus latifolius (Syns.: Sarcocephalus esculentus, Sarcocephalus sambucinus, Nauclea latifolia, Nauclea esculenta)
• Sarcocephalus pobeguinii
• Sarcocephalus esculentus

References

• Mabberley, D.J.(1997):The Plant-Book, 2nd Ed., Cambridge University Press, UK ISBN 0-521-41421-0
• Ridsdale, C. E. (1975):A synopsis of the African and Madagascan Rubiaceae—Naucleeae.Blumea 22:546. [Taxonomic revision of Sarcocephalus]
• Razafimandimbison, Sylvain G. & Birgitta Bremer (2002):Phylogeny and Classification of Naucleeae S.L.(Rubiaceae) inferred from Molecular (ITS, RBCL, AND TRNT-F) and Morphological data.American Journal of Botany 89(7): 1027–1041. in PDF file, including Sarcocephalus

External links

• GRIN-CA