[4] They have 3-veined from the base leaves which have serrated, toothed (dentate) or smooth margins.

[5] The fruit capsule is 2 locular (or bivalved),[4][5] brown when mature and one centimetre (0.39 in) in diameter.

The loculi, each with two rows of 8–20 flattened seeds and fitting between narrow membranous partitions.

[5] The genus name of Mollia is in honour of Karl von Moll (1760–1838), an Austrian naturalist and statesman.

[9] It was placed within Grewioidaee subfamily due to molecular data (phospholipase gene) Blatter (unpulished source), but another author, Meijer thought it to be related to the Trichospermum genus due to similar capsule shapes.

[11] Its native range is southern Tropical America,[4][12] and it is found in Bolivia, (northern, north-eastern and west central) Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana,[5] Peru and Venezuela.