8410.000 Geophila D. Don

Herbs with prostrate stems rooting at the nodes, usually occurring on the forest floor. Stipules interpetiolar. Leaves opposite, ovate to reniform with a cordate base; petiole usually long. Flowers borne on long peduncles, solitary or in a terminal umbel surrounded by an involucre of bracts. Calyx 4-7-lobed. Corolla cylindric or funnel-shaped; lobes 4-7. Ovary 2-locular; each loculus with one ovule. Stigma lobes 2. Fruit a fleshy drupe.

Worldwide: c. 20 species in the tropics

Malawi: 2 taxa.