Tree up to 10 m tall. Petiolate, coriaceous, oblong-elliptic to rounded-elliptic leaves, rounded at the apex, acute or obtuse at the base. Flowers in terminal panicles, linear-lanceolate purple petals. Reniform, grey nut on a large, thick, somewhat spongy, juicy, red or yellow hypocarp.

Herb of up to 3 m in height, growing in clusters. Narrowly elliptic leaves, up to 70 cm long and 10 cm wide, acuminate apex, cuneate base, glabrous to dense and often pubescent. Inflorescence a raceme or pendulous thyrse, bracts absent; bractlets widely elliptical, white with a red apex; corolla 4 to 5 cm long, almost glabrous, white with red apex, ovate labellum, yellow with red stripes. Globular capsule, 2 cm in diameter.
 

Acaulescent or short-stemmed, stoloniferous plant. Lanceolate leaves of 30 to 60 cm, long-acuminate, spiny-dentate. Scape inflorescence up to 1.2 m with lanceolate or ovate, acute bracts; yellow flowers 2.5 cm long in dense clusters of 10 to 30 cm. Dehiscent capsules (fruit) with black seeds

Herbaceous plant, with underground bulbous stem, up to 1 cm wide, often elongated. Linear, hollow leaves, as long as or longer than the scape. Scape more than 20 cm in length, numerous flowers in the head, pink-purple in colour.

Herbaceous plant with bulbs divided and wrapped in a whitish skin. Flattened leaves, 2-3 cm in width. Inflorescence in scape about 50 cm; dense umbel; pink flowers with oblong-ovoid ovary.

Herbaceous erect, annual, up to 50 cm. Deltoid to rounded/ovate leaves of 3 to 7 cm, acuminate or cuspidate/acuminate, crenate. Terminal and axillary ears, up to 5 cm; bracts of pistillate flowers from 7 to 9 mm, with long hairs. Capsule of 2 mm in length.