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8569.000 Corallocarpus
Description of the genus
Climbing, or rarely prostrate, monoecious herbs. Leaves simple. Tendrils simple. Flowers yellowish. Male flowers in subsessile to pedunculate congested axillary clusters; corolla lobes small, (0.7 - 2 mm long), shortly united below; stamens 5. Female flowers solitary or clustered, axillary; ovary smooth, developing a cup-shaped base; perianth as in male flowers; stigma 2(-3)-lobed. Fruits small, red, often beaked, circumscissile near the persistent base. Worldwide: 13 species in tropical Africa, Madagascar and India Mozambique: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| bainesii (Hook. f.) A. Meeuse | T,MS,M | Description, Image |
| poissonii Cogn. | N |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Corallocarpus
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): CorallocarpusFlora Zambesiaca web site: Corallocarpus
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Corallocarpus
Wikipedia: Corallocarpus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Corallocarpus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Corallocarpus
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