Spiny shrubs or small trees.
Leaves short (to 5 cm), clustered on cushions, simple, 1-jugate or imparipinnate. Flowers solitary or in fascicles. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla campanulate with 5 spreading lobes, yellow. Stamens 5. Ovary 2-locular. Fruit a flattened capsule. Seeds winged. Worldwide: 7 species in tropical and South Africa and Madagascar Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
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