Citation: L., Syst. Nat. edn 12, 2:189 (1767).

Derivation: Probably based on an Asian name.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Shrubs or trees, often branching dichotomously, with slender stipular spines; leaves shortly petiolate, opposite.

Flowers subsessile, in terminal or apparently axillary umbels or cymes; corolla lobes spreading above the longer tube.

Drupes 1 or few to each inflorescence.

Distribution:  About 35 species in warm parts of the Old World and 2 in Australia.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available