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Annual or perennial herbs. Stems 4-angled to -winged. Flowers 4-merous, borne in axillary few-many-flowered fascicles. Calyx campanulate with 4 erect lobes. Corolla: tube with 4 semilunate fimbriate-papillose scales subtending the filaments; lobes 4, without nectaries. Stamens ± equal, all fertile. Ovary 1-locular; ovules numerous. Fruit a 2-valved obovoid capsule. Worldwide: 17 species throughout tropical Africa. Malawi: 3 taxa. |
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
acaulis R.E. Fr. | N | |
axillaris Baker | N | |
salutaris Welw. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
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