Shrub or small tree. Leaves simple and/or 3-foliolate. Inflorescences of corymbose racemes.
Calyx entire and closed in bud, rupturing transversely on expansion. Petals 0. Stamens many in a column. Ovary on a long gynophore. Fruit indehiscent, with 8-10 longitudinal ribs.
Worldwide: 10 species in eastern and SE Africa and Madagascar