Dioecious shrubs with simple hairs, without milky latex. Buds bearing persistent protective scales. Stipules present. Leaves alternate, simple, gland-toothed. Male flowers: calyx closed in bud, splitting later into 3-4 valvate lobes; petals 0. Female flowers: calyx 2-4-partite; petals 0; ovary 2-3-locular. Fruit of 1-3 dehiscent cocci. Seeds subspherical bearing a scarlet aril. Worldwide: 50 species in tropical and South Africa and southern Arabia. Burundi: 4 taxa. |
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| Species | Content | |
| atrovirens (Pax) Prain | ||
| bongensis Pax | ||
| fischeri Pax | ||
| trichogyne (Müll.Arg.) Prain [Agg] |