| Common Names - | Synonyms - |
| Authority - (DC.) Dumort | Total Number of genera - 1 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 70 |
| Plant forms - Shrub | |
| World Distribution - Old World tropical areas. Distributed throughout Northern and eastern Australia, New Guinea, South and Southeast Asia and parts of Africa | |
| Comments - Erect shrubs | |