Berchemia

There are 12 species of which two occur in southern Africa.

Colubrina

Single species: Colubrina nicholsonii, which is found in three localised populations in Pondoland (Eastern Cape). Two of the populations are in the Mkambati Game Reserve and the third population is in riverine forest along the Mpunzaana River.

Helinus

There are six species worldwide (Madagascar and Africa through to India) of which two occur in southern Africa.

Lasiodiscus

There are 12 species, found in Africa and Madagascar, of which one, Lasiodiscus pervillei, occurs in southern Africa (KwaZulu-Natal).

Noltia

Single species: Noltea africana (Soap shiny-leaf), indigenous to Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.

Phylica

There are about 188 species worldwide (mainly southern Africa, but also Madagascar and Tristan da Cunha), of which 142 occur in southern Africa (mainly in fynbos in the Western Cape).

Rhamnus

About 125 species worldwide (cosmopolitan), of which one, Rhamnus prinoides, occurs in southern Africa.

Scutia

Three species worldwide (tropical regions), of which one, Scutia myrtina, occurs in southern Africa.

Ziziphus

There are about 86 species worldwide (mainly E Asia and East Indies) of which six occur in southern Africa.