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Woody lianes, climbing shrubs or small trees. Leaves imparipinnate. Inflorescences of racemes or panicles. Flowers 5-merous. Sepals imbricate; margin ciliate. Petals longer than sepals. Stamens 10. Fruit a slightly curved, glabrous or glabrescent, follicle, with the persistent calyx clasping the base. Seed partially enclosed by the basal aril. Follicles glabrous or almost so. Worldwide: 40 - 70 species in the tropics Caprivi: 3 cultivated taxa. |
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Species | Content |
coccinea (Schumach. & Thonn.) Benth.[Agg] | |
minor (Gaertn.) Alston | Description, Image |
thomsonii (Baker) Jongkind |
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