Trees, shrubs or suffrutices; stipular spines usually paired. Leaves alternate, petiolate; lamina minutely serrate, 3-5-veined from the base. Cymes axillary or rarely terminal. Flowers bisexual. Sepals 5. Petals 0 or 5. Disk flat, covering the receptacle, 5-10-lobed or rarely entire. Ovary 2(-4)-locular. Fruit a drupe, usually 2-seeded. Worldwide: 86 species in tropical and warm areas Angola: 2 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | Provinces | Content |
| abyssinica Hochst. ex A. Rich. | BE,CN,CS,HI,LA,MA,NA | Description, Image |
| mucronata Willd. | CC,CN,CS,HI,MA | Description, Image |