{{Short description|Genus of plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = |image_caption = |taxon = Octolepis |authority = Oliv. (1865) |synonyms = ''Makokoa'' {{small|Baill. (1886)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name="POWO" /> }}
'''''Octolepis''''' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Thymelaeaceae.<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=Octolepis Oliv. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:39294-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=16 September 2024|language=en}}</ref>
Its native range is western and west-central tropical Africa and Madagascar.<ref name="POWO" />
==Species== Seven species are accepted.<ref name="POWO" />
*''Octolepis aymoniniana'' {{small|Z.S.Rogers}} *''Octolepis casearia'' {{small|Oliv.}} *''Octolepis decalepis'' {{small|Gilg}} *''Octolepis dioica'' {{small|Capuron}} *''Octolepis ibityensis'' {{small|Z.S.Rogers}} *''Octolepis oblanceolata'' {{small|(Capuron) Z.S.Rogers}} *''Octolepis ratovosonii'' {{small|Z.S.Rogers}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Thymelaeaceae Category:Thymelaeaceae genera Category:Flora of the Afrotropical realm Category:Taxa described in 1865 Category:Taxa named by Daniel Oliver