Genus: 8 species.
BotanySmall trees or erect shrubs.
Habitat: wet tropical forests.
Region: West Africa.
TaxonomySoyauxia was long considered an anomaly. It has been variously classified, usually in
Passifloraceae or
Flacourtiaceae. The first phylogenetic study to include Soyauxia placed it in
Peridiscaceae.