Hauman, L. (1963) Malvaceae Flore du Congo du Ruanda et du Burundi Volume X 92-190
Shrubs or herbs, dotted with black oil-glands. Leaves palmately lobed. Flowers yellow, sometimes purplish. Epicalyx of 3 leaf-like and persistent bracts, deeply incised (in ours). Calyx cup-shaped, truncate. Style not branched, clavate. Ovary 3-5-locular. Fruit a loculicidally-dehiscent capsule. Seeds usually with floss (or lint). Worldwide: 39 species from warm temperate to tropical regions Angola: 4 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | Provinces | Content |
| anomalum Wawra & Peyr. subsp. anomalum | BE,HI,LA,NA | |
| arboreum L. | HI | |
| herbaceum L. subsp. africanum (Watt) Vollesen var. africanum (Watt) Hutch & Ghose | HI | Description, Image |
| triphyllum (Harv.) Hochr. | HI |