Suffrutices. Leaves palmately-nerved, entire to 3-5-palmately lobed, with a conspicuous gland at the base of the central vein. Flowers axillary, solitary or fasciculate. Epicalyx bracts 5, connate at the base and adnate to the calyx. Calyx cup-shaped, deeply 5-fid. Petals pink or mauve. Style-branches twice the number of carpels.
Fruit composed of 5 indehiscent mericarps, bearing glochidiate spines on the back. Worldwide: 6 species in tropical and warm regions Zambia: 1 taxon. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus: |
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