5593 Syncarpia Ten.

Trees, rarely shrubby, to 60 m. tall; bark fibrous, deeply furrowed, grey on the surface, brown below. Leaves: seedling leaves opposite; adult leaves forming pseudo whorls or 4 leaves near branch tips, hairy or glabrous. Flowers 7 (or fewer by abortion) branched, flowers sessile; bracts 2 per inflorescence, persistent becoming fused at the base of the fruit. Calyx lobes 4 or 5, small, persistent. Petals 4 or 5, white. Fruit a woody capsule. Seeds straight or slightly curved.

Worldwide: 3 species endemic to Australia, naturalised in southern Africa.

Mozambique: 1 cultivated taxon.