Small shrub. Stipules prominent, white, long-acuminate. Leaves opposite but appearing whorled. Flowers in dense axillary cymes. Sepals 5, free. Petals 5, minute. Stamens 1-2. Ovary 1-locular with 1 persistent filiform style. Fruit indehiscent, fleshy.
Worldwide: 1 species in tropical and South Africa
Caprivi: 1 taxon.