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Suffrutex, shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite, sometimes with domatia. Inflorescence of cymes. Flowers bisexual, 4-6-merous. Calyx lobes large, leaf-like, equal, erect. Corolla tube relatively long; lobes long and pointed. Stigma 2-lobed. Ovary 2-locular. Fruit subspherical, often ribbed. Derivation of name: from Greek: leptos meaning slender or weak, aktis, a ray, referring to the corolla lobes. Worldwide: 25 species in tropical and South Africa. Mozambique: 5 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| benguelensis (Welw. ex Benth. & Hook. f.) R. D. Good subsp. pubescens Verdc. | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
| delagoensis K. Schum. subsp. delagoensis | N,Z,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| delagoensis K. Schum. subsp. grandiflora Verdc. | ? | |
| papyrophloea Verdc.[NrEnd][EN] | N | |
| platyphylla (Hiern) Wernham | Z,MS | Description, Image |
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