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Shrublets, shrubs, trees or climbers. Spines 0 but lateral branches may be sharp at the tip. Leaves alternate or crowded on short side shoots, simple or 3(-5)-foliolate. Flowers bisexual. Receptacle cylindric or funnel-shaped, often produced into a disk. Sepals (3-)4. Petals 0 or (3-)4(-8). Androgynophore shorter than the sepals. Gynophore elongated. Fruit spherical, ovoid, ellipsoid, oblong-ellipsoid or cylindric, sometimes beaded. Worldwide: 50 species in tropical and S Africa, extending to India The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| acuminata Oliv. | N | |
| andradae Wild | N | |
| angolensis DC. | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| brunnescens Wild | Z,MS,GI,M | |
| cafra (DC.) Pax | Description | |
| cerasicarpa Gilg | N | |
| edulis (Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) DeWolf | N,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| grantii Oliv. | N | |
| juncea Pax[Agg] | N,T,MS,GI | |
| juncea Pax subsp. crustata (Wild) Wild | N,T,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| juncea Pax subsp. juncea | N,T,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| kirkii (Oliv.) F. White | N,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| nervosa (Hochst.) Oliv. | M | Description |
| parvifolia Pax | T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| pygmaea Gilg | N | |
| rosmarinoides (Sond.) Gilg & Gilg-Ben. | M | |
| scandens (Klotzsch) Gilg | Z,GI | |
| schliebenii Gilg & Gilg-Ben. | N | |
| triphylla A. Rich. subsp. pubescens (Klotzsch) DeWolf | N,Z,T,GI | Description, Image |
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