Trees. Leaves usually subopposite, varying from somewhat alternate to strictly opposite, petiolate; blades penninerved, strongly glandular-serrulate. Stipules subulate, caducous. Flowers perfect, 5-merous, in divaricately branched axillary cymes. Sepals deltoid. Petals extremely concavo-convex so that the anther is almost totally obscured even at the time of its dehiscence. Ovary elongate, apparently 1-celled, the mesocarpous tissue somewhat spongy, the endocarp thin and becoming stony. Fruit a drupe with a single 1-seeded stone.
Worldwide: 1 species occurring in tropical Africa Burundi: 1 taxon. |
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