Multidentia
# Multidentia

Multidentia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.

## Distribution

Multidentia is restricted to tropical Africa with the greatest concentration of species occurring in eastern Africa.

## Taxonomy

It was originally described by Alexander von Gilli in 1973 to accommodate a single specimen of a suffruticose pyrophyte with ternate leaves. The type species was Multidentia verticillata - named after its verticillate leaves - but has been made synonym with Multidentia concrescens.

## Species

* Multidentia castaneae (Robyns) Bridson & Verdc.
* Multidentia concrescens, (Bullock) Bridson & Verdc.
* Multidentia crassa (Hiern) Bridson & Verdc.
* Multidentia dichrophylla (Mildbr.) Bridson
* Multidentia exserta Bridson
* Multidentia fanshawei (Tennant) Bridson
* Multidentia kingupirensis Bridson
* Multidentia pobeguinii (Hutch. & Dalziel) Bridson
* Multidentia saxicola O.Lachenaud & Séné
* Multidentia sclerocarpa (K.Schum.) Bridson
