Trees, shrubs, suffrutices or lianes, mostly unarmed (in ours) or armed (in the Mozambican E. schlechteri). Leaves 2-pinnate. Inflorescences of spikes, axillary or supra-axillary, solitary or clustered. Flowers bisexual or unisexual. Calyx gamosepalous, with 5 teeth. Petals 5, free. Stamens 10. Pod with valves splitting transversely into 1-seeded segments, the segments leaving a persistent empty frame. Worldwide: c. 30 species in tropical America, Africa and Australia Mozambique: 6 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
abyssinica Steud. ex A. Rich. | N,Z,T,MS | Description, Image |
chrysostachys (Benth.) Drake | N,MS | Description, Image |
mossambicensis Torre[End] | N | |
rheedei Spreng. | N,Z,MS,M | Description, Image |
stuhlmannii (Taub.) Harms[NrEnd] | N | |
wahlbergii Harv. | GI,M | Description |