Citation: Burman f., Fl. Ind. 110 (1768).

Derivation: Derivation not known.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Glabrous perennials or annuals with decumbent or prostrate branches and opposite exstipulate petiolate leaves.

Flowers clustered in the axils of leaves; perianth with membranous margins, partly connate, imbricate; stamens c. 10-12, arising from the perianth; ovary superior, 2-celled, with 2 styles, with 2 ovules in each cell.

Capsule truncate, splitting septicidally into 2 hard carpels and also circumsciss.

Distribution:  About 3 species in Africa, Asia and Australia (R. Melville (1952) Kew Bull. 7:261-269).

Biology: No text

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