Capurodendron

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Capurodendron mandrarense 4.jpg

|image_caption = Capurodendron mandrarense, a species from dry areas of southern Madagascar

|taxon = Capurodendron

|authority = Aubrév.

|type_species = Capurodendron rubrocostatum

|type_species_authority = (Jum. & H. Perrier) Aubrév.

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Capurodendron is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described by André Aubréville in 1962.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40001046 Tropicos, Capurodendron Aubrév.]Aubréville, André. 1962. Adansonia: recueil périodique d'observations botanique, n.s. 2: 92

The genus contains 43 species which are all endemic to Madagascar.{{cite web |title=Capurodendron Aubrév. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:36690-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=5 April 2025}} It is the second largest endemic genus of this island after Dypsis. The major part of its species are endangered or critically endangered of extinction by selective logging and the massive deforestation that Madagascar is suffering.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=34040 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9179784#page/70/mode/1up Aubréville, André. 1974. Capurodendron. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores 164: 68-106] in French

File:Capurodendron andrafiamenae L. Gaut & Boluda with flowers and a fruit in Andrafiamena Protected Area, north of Madagascar.jpg

File:Capurodendron aubrevillei r.jpg

File:Capurodendron naciriae.jpg