Description:
Unarmed shrubs. Leaves alternate, petiolate, obovate, attenuate towards base, acuminate at apex, denticulate, papyraceous; stipules lanceolate, pubescent, persistent. Flowers bisexual, solitary in axils of upper leaves; peduncle pubescent. Sepals 3, imbricate, oblong to suborbicular, tomentose outside, glabrous inside. Petals 10-12, obovate, puberulous inside. Stamens many; filaments filiform, glabrous; anthers longitudinally dehiscent. Ovary superior, 1-locular, with 2-5 multi-ovulate parietal placentas; style simple, entire, persistent in fruit, glabrescent. Capsules ovoid, with 4-6 broad coriaceous wings, tardily dehiscent. Seeds many, ovoid, angular, finely pubescent.
Distribution:
Species 3, trop. Africa; sthn trop. Afr. 2, Angola.
Source:
SSTA
Classification:
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