Members: Afroguatteria, Cleistochlamys, Dasymaschalon, Desmos, Dielsiothamnus, Fissistigma, Friesodielsia, Melodorum, Mitrella, Monanthotaxis, Pyramidanthe, Sphaerocoryne, Toussaintia, Uvaria.
Region: tropical Africa and Asia.
BotanyLeaves: Simple, alternate, with entire margins.
Inflorescence: solitary or in small inflorescences.
Flowers: small to medium-sized; sepals 3; petals 6, in two whorls, large.
Carpels: multiple; free.
Fruits: elongated, sausage-shaped or cylindrical; often arranged in clusters; dry or fleshy; large, and often with multiple seeds.