Sclerocroton is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1845.Hochstetter, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich. 1845. Flora 28: 85 in LatinTropicos, Sclerocroton Hochst. There a total of 6 known species in this genus; 5 species in continental Africa and a single species in Madagascar.Schmelzer, H. G. and Gurib-Fakim, A. (2008). Medicinal Plants. Plant Resources of Tropical Africa (Program). 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.
Species Sclerocroton carterianus (J.Léonard) Kruijt & Roebers - Liberia, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone Sclerocroton cornutus (Pax) Kruijt & Roebers - C + SC Africa from Cameroon to Zimbabwe plus Ivory Coast Sclerocroton integerrimus Hochst. - C + S Africa from Zaire to KawZulu-Natal, plus Guinea Sclerocroton melanostictus (Baill.) Kruijt & Roebers - Madagascar Sclerocroton oblongifolius (Müll.Arg.) Kruijt & Roebers - Zaire, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe Sclerocroton schmitzii (J.Léonard) Kruijt & Roebers - Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Formerly included moved to Shirakiopsis Sclerocroton ellipticus - Shirakiopsis elliptica
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