title: Maprounea
text: # Maprounea
  
  Maprounea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first named as a genus in 1775. It is native to tropical Africa, Trinidad, and tropical Central and South America.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Maprounea africana - W + C + S Africa, from Benin to Zimbabwe
  * Maprounea amazonica - Colombia, Venezuela, N Brazil
  * Maprounea brasiliensis - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia
  * Maprounea guianensis - Trinidad, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay
  * Maprounea membranacea - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cabinda, Central African Republic, Congo, Zaire
  
  ## Formerly included
  
  moved to Mabea
  
  