Plants in the genus Correa are shrubs to small trees with simple leaves arranged in opposite pairs, bisexual flowers with four sepals, four petals usually fused for most of their length and eight stamens.

Plants in the genus Correa are shrubs to small trees with simple leaves arranged in opposite pairs.

[5][6] The genus is named after the Portuguese botanist José Correia da Serra (1750–1823), known as Abbé Correa.

Correa alba and C. glabra varieties are the hardiest withstanding heavy frost and severe droughts.

Correa pulchella varieties produce the most beautiful coloured bells ranging from pale pink to deep orange to carmine.