Shrubs or small trees sometimes sparsely hairy. Leaves simple, entire, palmately nerved from the base, domatia in the axils of the principal veins below; with stipules. Inflorescences axillary, cymose, 1-may flowered or cymes on old wood; pedicels articulate with bracts. Sepals free with hairs internally and a ring of nectaries at the base. Petals scale-like, shorter than the sepals, hairy. Ovary syncarpous, sessile, 2-5 locular. Capsules globose, opening irregularly. Seeds shiny, black or brown. Worldwide: 28 species in tropical Africa DRC: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| tokana Germ. [NrEnd] [LR-lc] | VI,VII | Image |