Anticharis
General description:
Anticharis Endl., in S.L.Endlicher & E.Fenzl., Nov. Stirp. Dec.: 22 (1839).
Diagnostic description:
Small herbs, erect, with glandular pubescence, Leaves alternate, entire, Flowers axillary, solitary, pedicellate, often 2-bracteolate, Calyx 5-lobed, lobes lanceolate, Corolla 5, lobes sub-equal, Stamens 2, anterior, included; filaments inserted above the base of the corolla tube; anthers at first crescent-shaped, after dehiscence straight, free or cohering; staminodes absent; style filiform; stigma slightly bifid, Capsule 2-locular, loculicidal and septicidal, Seeds numerous.
Distribution:
Its native range is Africa to India.