6562.000 Landolphia P. Beauv.

Description of the genus

Unarmed climbers with coiled tendrils, producing milky latex. Leaves opposite. Inflorescence terminal or axillary cymes. Corolla salver-shaped; tube cylindric; lobes overlapping to the left. Ovary 1-2-locular. Carpels completely fused. Fruit an indehiscent, many-seeded berry.

Worldwide: 60 species in tropical America, Africa and Madagascar

Caprivi: 5 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
buchananii (Hallier f.) Stapf	Description, Image
eminiana Hallier f.
kirkii Dyer ex Hook. f.	Description, Image
owariensis P. Beauv.	Image
parvifolia K. Schum.	Image

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Landolphia
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Landolphia
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