6642.000 Alafia
Description of the genus
Lianes or climbing shrubs, with milky latex. Leaves opposite. Stipules paired, triangular. Inflorescences of terminal, umbellate cymes. Calyx lobes free to base. Corolla salver-shaped; tube cylindric; lobes overlapping to the right. Stamens inserted at about the middle of the corolla. Ovary of 2 free carpels. Fruit of 2 follicles. Seeds linear-flattened, with an apical tuft of hairs. Worldwide: 26 species in tropical Africa and Madagascar Mozambique: 3 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| caudata Stapf subsp. latiloba Kupicha | Z,MS | Description, Image |
| microstylis K. Schum. | MS | Description, Image |
| orientalis K. Schum. ex De Wild. | Z | Description |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AlafiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Alafia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Alafia
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Alafia
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