Phyllobotryon

Phyllobotryon is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Salicaceae native to the region spanning from Nigeria to Tanzania and Angola.

==Description== thumb|right|Detail of Phyllobotryon spathulatum Müll.Arg. flower ===Vegetative characteristics=== Species of Phyllobotryon are small trees with large, alternately arranged leaves. The leaf venation is pinnate. ===Generative characteristics=== The genus displays unusual reproductive structures, as the axis of the epiphyllous inflorescence is fused with the petiole and the lower part of the midrib of a fused leaf.