Crassocephalum

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Crassocephalum
Crassocephalum crepidioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Senecioneae
Genus:	Crassocephalum Moench
Species
See text.

Crassocephalum is a genus the common names of whose members include ragleaf, thickhead, and bologi. Several species are raised as leaf vegetables and used for medicine, especially in West Africa.

Species

Species include:

• Crassocephalum biafrae S. Moore
• Crassocephalum rubens (Juss. ex Jacq.) S. Moore
• Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S. Moore

C. crepidioides

External links

• "Crassocephalum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=500221. 
• PROTAbase on Crassocephalum