Description
Annual herbs.
Leaves serrate, petiolate.
Flowers small, in verticillasters in a terminal racemose inflorescence.
Stamens 4, declinate, shortly exposed, inserted at two different levels of the corolla tube;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: India present, Sumba present, Tropical Africa present
About 5 spp., in tropical Africa and India, in Malesia 1 sp. (Sumba).
Citation
BTH. 1848 – In: DC., Prod. 12: 46
BRIQ. 1897 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam. 4: 365
BEAUV. 1876 – In: B. & H., Gen. Pl. 2: 1172
