Small trees or shrubs. Branches with (0-)1-2 axillary spines. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, 5-9-foliolate; petiole and rhachis
winged. Inflorescences of short axillary racemes or cymose clusters.
Flowers 4(-5)-merous, bisexual. Sepals united in a 4(-5)-lobed
cup-shaped calyx. Petals 4(-5). Sepals 8(-10). Disk ring-shaped.
Ovary 4(-5)-locular; loculi 1-ovulate. Fruit a spherical berry,
dotted with oil glands. Worldwide: 8 species in tropical Africa Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
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