Shrubs. Stipules with apex lobed. Leaves opposite, decussate. Inflorescence cymes, few to several-flowered. Flowers 5-merous, tubular; calyx lobes filiform, some flowers in each inflorescence with enlarged foliaceous lobes; stamens inserted in upper half of tube. Fruit capsular.
Species 6 in tropical Africa.
Worldwide: 4 species in Tropical Africa. DRC: 1 taxon. |
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