Description
Herbs or undershrubs.
Leaves serrate or crenulate or subentire.
Stamens 4, declinate, included or long-exserted;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, tropics of the Old World present
About 40 spp. in the tropics of the Old World; in Malesia 2 spp.
Citation
BTH. 1876 – In: B. & H., Gen. Pl. 2: 1174
SLEESEN 1959 – In: Reinwardtia: 37
BRIQ. 1897 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam. 4: 372
KENG 1969 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: 132
