Acridocarpus

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = IMG 7188-Acridocarpus natalitius.JPG

|image_caption = Acridocarpus natalitius

|taxon = Acridocarpus

|authority = (G.Don) Guill. et Perr.

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Acridocarpus (from Gr. Akris, a locust and carpos, a fruit, alluding to the winged fruit) is a genus of plant in family Malpighiaceae. They are native to Arabia{{citation |last=Reimer |first=Bob |title=Wadi Tarabat Survey |publisher=Emirates Natural History Group |url=http://www.enhg.org/field/tarabat/tarabat20040416.html |date=2004-04-16 |access-date=2019-02-11 |archive-date=2011-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111226180214/http://www.enhg.org/field/tarabat/Tarabat20040416.html |url-status=dead }} and tropical and subtropical Africa, with one species in New Caledonia.{{citation |author1=Morat, P. |author2=T. Jaffré |author3=F. Tronchet |author4=J. Munzinger |author5=Y. Pillon |author6=J. M. Veillon |author7=M. Chalopin |year=2012 |title=The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia |journal=Adansonia |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=179–221 |doi=10.5252/a2012n2a1 |url=http://agritrop.cirad.fr/567345/1/document_567345.pdf |doi-access=free }}