''Capurodendron'' is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described by André Aubréville in 1962.Tropicos, ''Capurodendron'' Aubrév.
/ref> The entire genus is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

, and with 33 described species and more than 20 new species still undescribed, it is the largest endemic genus of this island. The major part of its species are endangered or critically endangered of extinction by selective logging and the massive deforestation that Madagascar is suffering.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Aubréville, André. 1974. ''Capurodendron''. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores 164: 68-106
in French Capurodendron aubrevillei r

;Selected species

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Sapotaceae genera Sapotoideae Endemic flora of Madagascar Taxa named by André Aubréville {{Sapotaceae-stub