Kleinhovia is an evergreen, tropical tree native to Indonesia, Malaysia and other parts of tropical Asia. It is monotypic. Kleinhovia is an bushy tree growing up to 20 m high, with a dense rounded crown and upright pink sprays of flowers and fruits. Leaves are simple and alternate; stipules are ensiform to linear; petioles are 2.5 to 30 cm long; the leaf-blade is ovate to heart-shaped, glabrous on both sides, with the apex pointed. Secondary veins occur in 6-8 pairs, palmately nerved. The flowers of kleinhovia are terminal, in loose panicles protruding from the crown; flowers are about 5 mm wide, coloured pale pink. The fruit of kleinhovia are rounded, 5-lobed, thin-walled, membranous capsules, loculicidally dehiscent, each locule having 1–2 seeds. The seeds are globose, whitish, warty and exalbuminous.