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Spiny shrubs or trees, Leaves 3-veined from the base. Flowers usually unisexual, in short axillary racemes or solitary. Sepals 4-7. Petals 0. Stamens not in bundles, surrounded by a ring of disk glands. Styles 2-8. Fruit a fleshy berry, with seeds in pairs, one above the other. Derivation of name: Named after Etienne de Flacourt, 1607-1660, director-general of the French East India Company and a former Governor of Madagascar Worldwide: c. 15 species in tropical and South Africa, extending to Fiji Mozambique: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| indica (Burm. f.) Merr. | N,Z,T,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| vogelii Hook. f. | N,T |
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