8154.000 Pentas Benth.

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs, subshrubs or shrubs. Stipules divided into filiform segments. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3-5. Flowers bisexual, mono-, di- or (rarely) tri-morphic, mostly in branched terminal cymose inflorescences. Calyx lobes usually 5, either equal or unequal with 1-3 larger than the others, sometimes leaf-like. Ovary 2-locular. Capsule ovoid or obtriangular, ribbed, beaked, opening at apex. Seeds minute.

Worldwide: 34 species from Africa to Arabia and Madagascar

Caprivi: 7 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
herbacea (Hiern) K.Schum.
lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers[Agg]
longiflora Oliv.
micrantha Baker subsp. wyliei (N.E. Br.) Verdc.	Description, Image
purpurea Oliv.[Agg]
schumanniana K. Krause
zanzibarica (Klotzsch) Vatke[Agg]

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