Suffrutex, shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite, sometimes with domatia. Inflorescence of cymes. Flowers bisexual, 4-6-merous. Calyx lobes large, leaf-like, equal, erect. Corolla tube relatively long; lobes long and pointed. Stigma 2-lobed. Ovary 2-locular. Fruit subspherical, often ribbed. Derivation of name: from Greek: leptos meaning slender or weak, aktis, a ray, referring to the corolla lobes. Worldwide: 25 species in tropical and South Africa. Zambia: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| benguelensis (Welw. ex Benth. & Hook. f.) R. D. Good | B,N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| epinyctios Verdc. |