Bafodeya

{{short description|Genus of plants}}

{{Speciesbox

|image =

|status = VU

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Crook, V. |date=2011 |title=Bafodeya benna |volume=2011 |page=e.T35798A9954223 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T35798A9954223.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

|genus = Bafodeya

|parent_authority = Prance ex F.White{{cite web|title=Bafodeya|url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40036719|publisher=Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden|accessdate=17 January 2014}}

|species = benna

|authority = (Scott-Elliot) Prance ex F.White

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms = Parinari benna Scott-Elliot

}}

Bafodeya is a genus of plants in the family Chrysobalanaceae described in 1976.Ghillean Prance ex White, Frank. 1976. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 46(3–4): 271

There is only one known species, Bafodeya benna, native to tropical West Africa (Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone).[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=360834 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.

The species is listed as vulnerable.