8285.040 Hyperacanthus E. Mey. ex Bridson

Shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite or frequently appearing fasciculate due to crowding, petiolate; stipules caducous. Flowers 5(6)-merous, borne in one axil near apex of lateral branches or brachyblasts, either solitary and sessile to shortly pedunculate or with up to 3 on a common peduncle; bracteoles paired, ovate. Calyx tube oblong-ovoid; limb well developed, tubular, divided into teeth near apex. Corolla white or often streaked with pink or red outside, salver-shaped; tube narrowly cylindric, slightly widened at apex; lobes 5(6), elliptic, overlapping to right in bud. Fruit spherical to fusiform; calyx limb persistent. Seeds numerous, embedded in fleshy placental tissue, endosperm entire, horny.

Worldwide: Two species in southern Africa and Madagascar.

Mozambique: 2 taxa.