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 Malawi: 3 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| mixta Solms | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| parasitica (Forssk.) Schweinf. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| shirensis Rendle [End] | S |