Phellocalyx Bridson

Shrub or small tree; branches pubescent when young. Leaves opposite, petiolate, papery, restricted to new growth at apex of branches; stipules ovate-triangular. Inflorescence solitary, terminal on short lateral branches, sessile, large. Calyx 6–8-ribbed, tube campanulate, limb entire in bud, densely covered with silky hairs within. Corolla tube short in proportion to the lobes, cylindric to funnel-shaped; lobes 8–11, narrowly oblong, spreading, overlapping to the right in. Fruit large, globular, smooth, 1-locular, calyx limb caducous; pericarp thick. Seeds numerous, embedded in pulpy placental tissue; testa very thin, finely rugulose; endosperm entire, horny.

Worldwide: One species in southern, tropical and east Africa.

Malawi: 1 taxon.