Flora of Mozambique: Cultivated plants
6736.000 Cryptostegia
Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020) Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2)
Description of the genus
Evergreen, many-stemmed vines or sometimes scrambling shrubs. Milky latex present in stems and leaves. Leaves Opposite, simple, glossy dark green, thickly leathery; margin entire. Flowers in axillary, pseudumbellate clusters, large and showy, funnel-shaped, pink to purple-red. Fruit in distinctly 4-angled, paired follicles. Worldwide: 2 species native to Madagascar. Mozambique: 2 cultivated taxa. |
 |
Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| grandiflora Roxb. ex R.Br. | Description, Image |
| madagascariensis Bojer ex Decne. | Image |
Other sources of information about Cryptostegia:
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CryptostegiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cryptostegia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cryptostegia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cryptostegia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Cryptostegia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cryptostegia
JSTOR Plant Science: Cryptostegia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cryptostegia
Plants of the World Online: Cryptostegia
Tropicos: Cryptostegia
Wikipedia: Cryptostegia