Scaphium

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|image = Scaphium longiflorum.JPG

|image_caption = S. longiflorum in Malaysia

|taxon = Scaphium

|authority = Schott & Endl.

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Scaphium is a genus of about eight species of plants in the subfamily Sterculioideae of the family Malvaceae.{{cite web|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Malvaceae/Scaphium/ |title=Scaphium |author=ThePlantList |date=2010}}

The name comes from the Greek, skaphion (σκάφιον), meaning a small boat like a skiff, and refers to the shape of the fruit.A Revision of Scaphium (Sterculioideae, Malvaceae / Sterculiaceae), Peter Wilkie, Cambridge University Press, 2009