Sapranthus is a genus of flowering woody plants in the family Annonaceae.

[1] The genus was first described in 1866 by Berthold Carl Seemann.

The flowers are solitary and terminal and have six petals.

[3] The flowers have a characteristic foetid odour (giving the generic name) and are pollinated by beetles.

[4] Plants of the World Online gives the following as accepted species:[1][5]