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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. Zambia: 21 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
| butayei De Wild. var. butayei | B,N,W,S | Nw,N,W | |
| butayei De Wild. var. glabra (Good) Petit | W | Nw | |
| diversinodula (Verdc.) Verdc. | N | ||
| djumaensis De Wild. var. zambesiaca E.M.A. Petit | B,N,W | Nw,Lp,N,W | |
| eminiana (Kuntze) E.M.A. Petit var. eminiana | N,W,C,E | Nw,N,E | Description, Image |
| eminiana (Kuntze) E.M.A. Petit var. stolzii (K.Krause) Petit | |||
| eminiana (Kuntze) E.M.A. Petit var. heteroclada Petit | N | Lp | |
| heterosticta E.M.A. Petit var. heterosticta | Nw,Lp | ||
| kikwitensis De Wild. | Nw | ||
| kirkii Hiern | N,W,C,S | Cb,N,Mc,C,Lk | Description, Image |
| linearisepala E.M.A. Petit var. linearisepala | N,W,C | Cb,N,C | |
| mahonii C.H. Wright | N,W | Nw,N | Description, Image |
| mwinilungae Verdc. [VU] | Nw | ||
| peduncularis (Salisb.) Steyerm. var. nyassana (Krause) Verdc. | N,W | Nw,N | |
| peduncularis (Salis.) Steyerm. var. rufonyassana Verdc. | B,N,W | Nw,Cb,N | |
| pumila Hiern var. leuconeura (K. Schum. & K. Krause) E.M.A. Petit | E | ||
| pumila Hiern var. pumila | N,W,C,E,S | Nw,N,E,Lk,S | Description, Image |
| pumila Hiern var. subumbellata (Petit) Verdc. [DD] | Lp | ||
| spithamea S. Moore | N,W,C,E,S | Nw,N,E,C,Lk,S | Description, Image |
| succulenta (Hiern) E.M.A. Petit | Cb,Lp | ||
| zombamontana (Kuntze) E.M.A. Petit | N,E | Mc | Description, Image |
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