Small trees, usually spiny. Leaves simple; margins serrate to crenate. Flowers dioecious in short axillary or terminal clusters. Sepals 4-5. Petals lacking. Stamens indefinite. Ovary 2-5 locular, surrounded below by a disc; styles 2 or more, free or united at the base. Fruit a berry.

A genus of about 60 species found in tropical Africa and Asia.

Lower Taxa

• Flacourtia indica (Burm.) Merrill
• Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Raeuschel

Related Synonym(s):

• Flacourtia cataphracta Roxb. ex Willd = Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Raeuschel
• Flacourtia ramontchi = Flacourtia indica (Burm.) Merrill
• Gmelina indica Burm. = Flacourtia indica (Burm.) Merrill
• Stigmarota jangomas Lour. = Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Raeuschel