Dioecious, sometimes monoecious, trees or shrubs. Indumentum simple. Leaves simple, alternate, with or without stipels. Male flowers in clusters; calyx closed in bud, later splitting into 2-5 valvate lobes; disk 0; petals 0; anthers 2-thecous; stamens 8 or fewer. Female flowers usually 1 per bract; sepals (3-)4(-6); disk 0; petals 0; ovary 2-3-locular. Fruits 2-4-lobed, smooth or warty, splitting into 2-valved cocci. Worldwide: 70 species, occurring in the tropics. Burundi: 4 taxa. |
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| Species | Content | |
| cordifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) Müll.Arg. | Description, Image | |
| hirtella Benth. | Description, Image | |
| laxiflora (Benth.) Pax & K. Hoffm. | Description, Image | |
| yambuyaënsis De Wild. | Description, Image |