''Eleotis'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in family

Melastomataceae Melastomataceae () is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics (two-thirds of the genera are from the New World tropics) comprising c. 175 genera and c. 5115 known species. Melastomes are annual or perennial herbs ...

. It includes four species native to central Africa, ranging from Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo to Angola and Zambia.

References

{{taxonbar, from=Q108051467 Melastomataceae genera Flora of the Afrotropical realm Melastomataceae