珊瑚樱组的花序多半少花或多单生,侧生腋外生近对叶生,然而不正对叶,无总花梗或近无总花梗,通常仅最下面一花或数花发育成果;花冠白色,相当小,星状或星状辐形;花丝短,无毛;花药短,椭圆形,长过于宽2倍或3倍,具顶生内向的斜孔;花柱无毛。浆果圆球状,中等大,亮红色,无石细胞粒。小灌木或半灌木,具单生披针形全缘或微波状的叶片。Sect. 4. Pseudo-capsicum (Dunal) Bitter in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 54: 497. 1917 sensu stricto, et in Hegi, Illustr. Fl. Mitt.-Europ. 5 (4) : 2583. 1927. ——Sect. I. Pachystemonum Dunal Subsect. IV. Micranthes Dunal 2°Anthopleuris Dunal§2. Pseudo-capsicum Dunal in DC. Prodr. 13 (1) : 29. 1852.珊瑚樱组;