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Suffrutices, trees or shrubs. Inflorescence a terminal, many-flowered corymbose cyme. Receptacle gradually narrowed into a pedicel-like base above the articulation, distinctly prolonged beyond summit of ovary as an "upper receptacle". Calyx usually an indistinctly lobed rim-like extension to the upper receptacle. Petals 4, cohering and falling together as a calyptra. Filaments and style c.2 times as long as petals. Ovary 2-locular. Fruit a berry. Derivation of name: joined together, presumably referring to the opposite leaves Worldwide: c. 1000 species in the tropics of the Old World Zambia: 10 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
| cordatum Hochst. ex C. Krauss | B,N,W,C,E,S | Cb,Lp,Mc,E,C,S,W | Description, Image |
| cordatum × guineense | N,C,E,S | Lp,E,Lk,S | |
| guineense (Willd.) DC. subsp. afromontanum F. White | B,N,W,C | Nw,Cb,N,Mc,C,W | Description, Image |
| guineense (Willd.) DC. subsp. afromontanum/barotsense | B,N,W,E | ||
| guineense (Willd.) DC. subsp. barotsense F. White | B,S | C,S,W | Description, Image |
| guineense (Willd.) DC. subsp. guineense | B,N,W,C,E,S | Nw,Lp,N,E,C,Lk,S | Description, Image |
| guineense (Willd.) DC. subsp. guineense/huillense | B,N,C,S | ||
| guineense (Willd.) DC. subsp. huillense (Hiern) F. White | B,N,W,C,S | Nw,Lp,C,S | Description, Image |
| guineense (Willd.) DC. subsp. macrocarpum (Engl.) F. White | Image | ||
| owariense (P. Beauv.) Benth. | N,C | Lp,Mc,C | Image |
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