8389.000 Rutidea DC.

Description of the genus

Scandent shrubs or lianes. Stipules either laciniate and 5-9-lobed (orientalis) or oblong-triangular with 1 linear lobe. Leaves petiolate; domatia 0 or present in axils of secondary or even tertiary veins. Flowers bisexual, 4-5-merous. Inflorescences of panicles, terminal or on short axillary branches. Calyx limb-tube with 4-5 lobes. Corolla white or cream; tube cylindric to funnel-shaped; lobes 4-5, spreading or reflexed. Ovary 2(-3)-locular; ovule 1, ascending from the base of each loculus. Fruit yellow, orange or red, spherical, fleshy with 1 seed.

Worldwide: 22 species in tropical Africa and Madagascar

Zimbabwe: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
fuscescens Hiern subsp. fuscescens	E	Description, Image
orientalis Bridson	E	Description, Image

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Rutidea
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Rutidea
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Rutidea
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Wikipedia: Rutidea