Source:
SSA
Description:
Shrubs, unarmed or spiny. Leaves opposite, subopposite or approximating in pairs, shortly petioled, entire or toothed; stipules minute, deciduous. Flowers in simple, axillary umbels, slightly longer than petioles. Calyx 5-lobed, somewhat fleshy; tube urceolate or campanulate; lobes keeled on inner face. Petals 5, shorter than calyx, shortly clawed. Disc inconspicuous, lining calyx tube. Stamens 5, subequalling petals. Ovary superior, 2- or 4-locular. Fruit an ovoid or subglobose, dry or somewhat fleshy drupe. Seeds usually solitary.
Distribution:
Species 3, fairly cosmopolitan in tropical parts; 1 in sthn Afr.: Scutia myrtina (Burm.f.) Kurz., Northern Province, Mpumalanga, Swaziland, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, mostly in scrub bush of Eastern Cape, but extending to Western Cape.
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