Hemiparasitic shrubs, with simple hairs and a single haustorial attachment. Leaf lamina characteristically thin in texture. Flowers in pedunculate umbels, often standing up like candles from the horizontal branches; bract unilaterally developed. Corolla 4-lobed; tube split unilaterally with a V-slit, papillose inside. Worldwide: 25 species in tropical Africa Malawi: 5 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| cordata Polhill & Wiens | N | |
| inaequilatera (Engl.) Gilli | ||
| kapiriensis (Balle) Polhill & Wiens | ||
| kwaiensis (Engl.) Polhill & Wiens | S | |
| muerensis (Engl.) Polhill & Wiens | N,C,S |