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Dioecious climbing perennials. Tendrils simple or proximally 2-fid. Leaves simple, lobed. Flowers creamy-white to deep orange-yellow. Corolla 5-lobed. Stamens usually 3, usually all 2-thecous. Female flowers solitary or rarely racemose; ovary smooth; stigma 3-lobed. Fruit spherical, ellipsoid or oblong, red when mature. Style 1. Worldwide: 30 species in tropical and South Africa, one extending to Malesia Zambia: 4 taxa. |
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Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
adoensis (A. Rich.) Cogn. | B,N,W,C,E,S | Cb,N,E,Lk,S,W | Description, Image |
barteri (Hook. f.) Keay | W | Cb | Description, Image |
sp. A | N | ||
sp. B | S |
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