Vochysiaceae is a plant family belonging to the order Myrtales.

Trees or shrubs with opposite leaves; flowers are zygomorph 1-(3)-5 merous; ovary inferior or superior; one fertile stamen; fruits samara or capsules.

The genera Erismadelphus and Korupodendron are native to West and Central Africa.

Erismadelphus is thought to have diverged from Erisma approximately 30 million years ago, and traveled to Africa as the result of long-distance dispersal.

The family is classified into two tribes: Tribe Erismeae : one inferior ovary and winged fruits Tribe Vochysieae: three fused superior ovaries and capsule fruits The genus Euphronia, previously included in Vochysiaceae, is unrelated and now stands alone in the family Euphroniaceae, more closely related to the family Chrysobalanaceae.