Hemiparasitic annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs. Leaves opposite or whorled or upper alternate, usually linear, entire or deeply pinnatifid. Inflorescence a terminal raceme or spike. Calyx 5-toothed, campanulate; the teeth white-woolly inside. Corolla with short tube and 5 spreading lobes. Stamens 4; anthers 2-thecous, one cell perfect, the other much smaller, sterile. Fruit a capsule. Seeds numerous. Worldwide: 60 species occurring in the tropical Old World and South Africa Burundi: 8 taxa. |
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| Species | Content | |
| conferta S.Moore | ||
| eminii Engl. | Description, Image | |
| lanata Engl.[Agg] | ||
| mannii Skan[Agg] | ||
| parviflora Engl. | ||
| ramosa (Hochst.) Hochst. | ||
| simplex (Hochst.) Hochst. | ||
| ugandensis S.Moore |