4826.000 Erythrophysa E. Mey. ex Arn.

Trees or shrubs. Leaves imparipinnate or 2-imparipinnate. Flowers unisexual, zygomorphic. Sepals 5. Petals 4, clawed, with thread-like appendages at the transition between claw and limb. Stamens 7-8. Ovary 3-locular. Fruit an inflated capsule. Seeds with no arillode.Vollesen comments that "Phytogeographically this is a very interesting genus, which emphasises the relationship between the floras of NE and S Africa as well as between eastern and southern Africa and Madagascar".

Derivation of name: from erythros - red and physa - bag (Gr), referring to the red, inflated fruits.

Worldwide: 9 species: 1 Ethiopia, 2 southern Africa and 6 in Madagascar.

Botswana: 1 taxon.