Shrubs or small trees with simple indumentum. Leaves alternate, simple. Inflorescences unisexual or bisexual, axillary. Male flowers: calyx closed in bud, valvate; petals 0; stamens numerous. Female flowers: sepals 5-6; petals 0; styles 3, connate at base. Fruits 3-lobed. Seeds spherical. Worldwide: 10 species: 4 in tropical Africa, 6 in Madagascar and the Comoros Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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