Thomandersia

Arborescent shrubs or small trees; upper branches +/-dichotomous. Leaves petiolate, oval-elliptic, cuneate at base. Inflorescence : terminal or subterminal racemes; flowers +/-opposite, verticillate or scattered; bracts subulate-acicular; bracteoles scale-like at base of calyx. Calyx regular to slightly irregular, with an adaxial glandular swelling; lobes short. Corolla 2-lipped; lobes 5; tube +/-cylindric; white or faintly rose-purple. Androecium : stamens 4, didynamous; filaments basally fused to corolla; anthers 2-thecate, parallel, arising at same level; staminode minute. Disc thin. Gynoecium : ovary 2-locular, subglobose; 2 ovules per locule; style filiform; stigma cylindric. Capsule subglobose to ellipsoid, glabrous, surrounded at base by accrescent calyx. Seeds 2 per locule, ovoid-ellipsoid, somewhat flattened, resembling a small pine cone due to scale-like testa markings.