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Annual or perennial herbs. Stems 4-angled to -winged. Flowers 4-merous, borne in axillary few-many-flowered fascicles. Calyx campanulate with 4 erect lobes. Corolla: tube with 4 semilunate fimbriate-papillose scales subtending the filaments; lobes 4, without nectaries. Stamens ± equal, all fertile. Ovary 1-locular; ovules numerous. Fruit a 2-valved obovoid capsule. Worldwide: 17 species throughout tropical Africa. Caprivi: 4 cultivated taxa. |
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| Species | Content |
| acaulis R.E. Fr. | |
| acuminata P.Taylor | |
| graveolens Baker | |
| pusilla Baker |
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