Bravaisia Dc.

Shrubs or trees. Leaves ovate to ovate elliptic, apically acute to acuminate, petiolate, the margins entire to slightly undulate. Inf lorescences terminal in compact leafy panicles. Flowers subtended by a pair of bracts; calyx 5-merous, subcoriaceous; corolla white, yellow or purplish with a short tube and campanu-late throat, 5-lobed, subequal; stamens 4, the anther cells 2, contiguous, spurred at the base. Capsules with 4-8 seeds.