Trees, shrubs, suffrutices or herbaceous perennials, with milky latex. Leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, simple, hairy; lateral nerves numerous, parallel and usually undivided almost to the thickened margin. Flowers in axillary and terminal panicles, unisexual, 5-merous. Male flowers: calyx 5-partite. Female flowers: perianth like the male; staminodes small; ovary spherical, 1-locular; styles 3; stigmas capitate. Fruit usually reniform, black, shiny, fleshy. Worldwide: 40 species in tropical Africa DRC: 4 taxa. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| kassneri (Engl. & Brehmer) R.Fern. & A.Fern. var. kassneri [NrEnd] [VU] | V,XI | Image |
| nigricans (Van der Veken) R.Fern. & A.Fern. var. nigricans [NrEnd] [LR-nt] | XI | |
| nigricans (Van der Veken) R.Fern. & A.Fern. var. elongata (Van der Veken) R.Fern. & A.Fern. [End] [EX?] | XI | |
| uelensis (Van der Veken) R.Fern. & A.Fern. [End] [EN] | VII |