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CEPHAELIS Sw.
GRUMILEA Gaertn.
Verdcourt, B. (1988) Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1)
Subshrubs, shrubs or trees. Stipules entire or fimbriate. Leaves opposite, petiolate, either with domatia or with black nodules scattered throughout the leaf lamina. Flowers 4-5-merous, bisexual, heterostylous, arranged in terminal paniculate or umbellate inflorescences. Calyx minutely lobed. Corolla tube usually shortly cylindric; lobes valvate. Ovary 2-(3-4)-locular. Fruit a drupe, with 1-2 pyrenes, these not markedly dehiscent. Seeds usually with a dark (reddish-brown) testa; endosperm usually strongly ruminate. Derivation of name: vivifying, from Greek: psyche, meaning life, referring to the healing properties of some species. Worldwide: 800 - 1500 species in the tropics. Caprivi: 12 cultivated taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | Content |
| ceratoloba (K.Schum.) O.Lachenaud | |
| cinerea De Wild. | |
| eminiana (Kuntze) E.M.A.Petit[Agg] | |
| heterosticta E.M.A.Petit[Agg] | |
| hypsophila K.Schum. & K.Krause | |
| laxithyrsa O.Lachenaud | |
| lebrunii Cheek | |
| mildbraedii (K.Krause) O.Lachenaud | |
| moninensis (Hiern) E.M.A.Petit subsp. butayei (De Wild.) O.Lachenaud | |
| spithamea S. Moore | Description, Image |
| sublyrata O.Lachenaud | |
| succulenta (Hiern) E.M.A. Petit |
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