Dorstenia
Dorstenia species are predominantly herbaceous, succulent, or suffrutescent perennials. Only 10% exhibit the typical woody habit of the Moraceae. The leaves mostly are arranged in spirals and rosettes, and rarely as two-rowed leaves. Usually they are leathery, sometimes large, leaf-like and durable or sometimes small, awl-shaped and quickly falling off. The globular, tapered, or warty flowers are unisexual. Dorstenia species have drupe like fruits that are embedded in the receptable. The stone seeds are usually small with a minuscule endosperm. The species are fairly equally distributed between the Afrotropics and Neotropics.