2074.050 Vanwykia Wiens

Hemiparasitic shrubs with secondary haustoria on surface runners; bearing stellate and dendritic hairs. Flowers in axillary umbels; bract unilateral. Corolla 5-lobed, tubular, tomentose, with a short V-slit at anthesis; lobes erect, not hardened inside, shorter than the tube; filaments short, incurved, attached at base of the lobes; anthers forming a central pollen-mass, Berry cylindric, red.

Worldwide: 2 species in eastern and south-eastern Africa

Mozambique: 1 taxon.