Citation: Forsskål, Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 170 (1775).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Perennial herbs with prostrate or erect stems and alternate leaves.

Flowers small, bisexual or dioecious, in terminal panicles of dense spikes; bracts and bracteoles approaching the flowers in size; perianth-segments 5, more or less acute, scarious, white; stamens 5, united in a short cup at the base, alternating with subulate or oblong staminode-like structures; anthers 2-celled; style slender, 2-fid, the branches filiform.

fruit dehiscing irregularly, globose, compressed, pericarp thin; seed single, compressed-reniform. brown or black.

Distribution:  About 10 species in warm areas especially Africa.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available