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Perennial herbs or woody climbers. Flowers zygomorphic. Perianth zygomorphic; the base swollen, the upper part narrower, ± cylindric (tube) with single, entire lobe (limb), rarely 0 or 3-lobed. Stamens usually 6, in one whorl, connate with the stylar column. Fruit a septicidal capsule. Worldwide: 120 species, widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics; some in warm temperate regions. Zambia: 3 taxa. |
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Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
albida Duch. | N,C,S | N,Lk,S | Description, Image |
heppii Merxm. | W,S | Nw,S | Description, Image |
hockii De Wild.[LR-lc] | N,W,C | Nw,N,Mc,Lk | Description, Image |
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