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Shrubs, unarmed or with spine-tipped lateral branchlets. Leaves simple; margin entire. Flowers ± zygomorphic. Sepals 4, ± equal. Petals 0 or 2-4. Disk large and conspicuous. Androgynophore elongated, longer than the sepals. Stamens 4-8. Ovary on an elongated gynophore, 1-locular. Fruit indehiscent or tardily dehiscent, cylindric. Worldwide: 30 species in the Old World tropics, mostly Africa Zambia: 3 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
| kirkii Oliv. | N,C,S | N,E,C,S | Description, Image |
| natalensis Sond. | S | Description | |
| termitaria N.E. Br. | S | S | Description, Image |
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