Trees. Leaves alternate, crenate-dentate. Stipules 0. Flowers bisexual. Inflorescences axillary racemes.
Sepals 5-6, valvate. Petals 0.
Stamens in bundles alternating with the sepals. Ovary 1-locular. Styles 4-6. Fruit a dry capsule.
Seeds with long cottony hairs. Worldwide: 1 species in eastern tropical Africa and Madagascar Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |