Shrub or small tree. Leaves opposite. Flowers in axillary cymes. Calyx lobes 5, erect. Corolla tube cylindric; lobes linear-lanceolate, reflexed. Ovary 2-locular; stigmatic club cylindric. Fruit rounded or flattened, with 2 pyrenes.
Worldwide: 4 species in tropical Africa
Zimbabwe: 1 taxon.