Spiny shrubs or small trees.
Leaves short (to 5 cm), clustered on cushions, simple, 1-jugate or imparipinnate. Flowers solitary or in fascicles. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla campanulate with 5 spreading lobes, yellow. Stamens 5. Ovary 2-locular. Fruit a flattened capsule. Seeds winged. Worldwide: 7 species in tropical and South Africa and Madagascar Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
![Rhigozum zambesiacum](https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/images/15/152370-4-t.jpg) |