Sarcophrynium

Sarcophrynium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Marantaceae indigenous to tropical Africa. It was described as a genus in 1902. In Cameroon, the leaves of Sarcophyrnium species are used to thatch huts. The fruits are also used as accessories. Species Sarcophrynium bisubulatum (K.Schum.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - Zaïre Sarcophrynium brachystachys (Benth.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - C + W Africa Sarcophrynium congolense Loes. in G.W.J.Mildbraed (ed.) - Zaïre Sarcophrynium prionogonium (K.Schum.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - C + W Africa Sarcophrynium schweinfurthianum (Kuntze) Milne-Redh. - C + E Africa Sarcophrynium villosum (Benth.) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.) - Gabon...read more on Wikipedia.