Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or clustered near the ends of the branches, simple, entire. Flowers arranged in dense spikes or racemes, each flower
in the axil of a small bract; involucre 0. Perianth petaloid, splitting into 2 major lobes at flowering time, releasing the style; one lobe ± free to base, consisting of a single segment, the other with 3 segments. Hypogynous scales 4, persistent. Style long, persistent, filiform, terminating in a simple stigma. Fruit a spherical nut Derivation of name: for William Caldwell Faure (1822-1844), South African soldier, naturalist, botanist and plant collector. Worldwide: 15 species in tropical and southern Africa and Madagascar. Mozambique: 5 taxa. |
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