Herbs or shrubs, monoecious, without stinging hairs. Stipules free, lateral. Leaves alternate, spirally arranged (in ours), petiolate, entire or serrate. Cystoliths dot-like. Inflorescence of compact, axillary, bisexual clusters. Male flowers pedicellate, 4-5-merous. Female flowers sessile, with an indefinite number of tepals fused into a tube. Worldwide: 70 species in the tropics Angola: 4 taxa. |
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| Species | Provinces | Content |
| denudata De Wild. & T.Durand | ||
| guineensis Benth. | Description, Image | |
| mixta Solms | Description, Image | |
| parasitica (Forssk.) Schweinf. | Description, Image |