Scyphocephalium is a genus of plants in family Myristicaceae native to west-central Africa, containing two species.Tropicos, botanical information system at the Missouri Botanical Garden - http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=scyphocephalium One species contains chemicals with significant in vitro antibacterial activity.
The genus was described by Otto Warburg in 1897.
Species Two species are accepted: Scyphocephalium chrysothrix – Cameroon Scyphocephalium mannii (Benth. & Hook.f.) Warb. – Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and southern Nigeria
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