Stem: prostrate to ascending; branches 0 to many; base +- woody or not.
Leaf: blade > petiole, elliptic, serrate, base wedge-shaped, tip acute.
Flower: sepals deltate; petals oblong, membranous, glabrous; stamens 5--10, filaments +- = petals, anthers elliptic; styles 5.
Fruit: ovoid; chambers 5, each many-seeded.
Seed: not visible through fruit wall, oblong, +- curved, brown; surface +- net-like.
Species In Genus: +- 25 species: generally Old World tropics, 1 North America.
Etymology: (P.J. Bergius, student of Linnaeus, 1730--1790)
Jepson eFlora Author: Gordon C. Tucker & Evanielis U. Grissom
Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange)
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