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Annual or perennial herbs. Stipules 0. Leaves opposite, sessile. Inflorescence of terminal, cymose clusters. Flowers 4-5-merous. Sepals free. Petals white, emarginate or 2-fid up to halfway, sometimes 0. Stamens usually 5 (in ours). Styles 5, opposite the sepals. Capsule longer than the sepals, opening by twice as many short teeth as styles. Worldwide: c.100 species, almost cosmopolitan. Malawi: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| glomeratum Thuill. | Description, Image | |
| indicum Wight & Arn. | S |
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