Citation: Forster & Forster f., Char. Gen. Pl. 25 (1776).

Derivation: Diminutive of Latin dens, tooth; alluding to the often denticulate corolla lobes.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Perennial herbs with terete branches rarely a little woody at the base; leaves opposite, often fascicled on short side branches.

Flowers single, terminal or in the axil of leaves due to sympodial growth, bisexual, 5-merous; calyx with distinct lobes, persistent; corolla with a funnel-shaped tube, hairy inside, deciduous; stamens with filaments connate at the apex of the corolla tube; anthers without terminal appendages; ovary inferior, with 2 locules each with few ovules, with 2 almost sessile filiform stigmas.

Fruit dry, indehiscent.

Distribution:  About 10 species extending its distribution from Australia, where most of the species occur, to Indomalaysia.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available