Evergreen trees or shrubs. Latex white. Leaves opposite. Inflorescences cymose, congested, terminal and axillary. Sepals free, thick. Corolla lobes overlapping to the right. Anthers sagittate at the base. Disk present, 5-lobed. Fruit of 2 stiff woody follicles, fused at the base. Seed bearing long hairs. Worldwide: 2 species in tropical Africa DRC: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| africana (Benth.) Stapf | II,III,IV,V,VI,IX,XI | Description, Image |
| elastica (P.Preuss) Stapf | II,III,IV,VI,VII,VIII,IX | Description |