Duboscia Bocquillon (1866: 50) .

Type:— Duboscia macrocarpa Bocquillon.

Tree, with fluted bole. Leaves: alternate, entire, dentate in young specimens, often whitish below. Inflorescences: axillary cymes opposite leaves, enclosed by involucral bracts, resembling sepals. Flowers: sepals boat-shaped, corolla very small. Fruit: ellipsoid, ribbed, fibrous, indehiscent.