7671.000 Amphilophium Kunth

DISTICTIS Mart. ex Meisn.

PITHECOCTENIUM Mart. ex Meisn.

Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.

Description of the genus

Climbers with 3-fid tendrils. Leaves opposite, 3-foliolate or with the terminal leaflet replaced with a tendril. Flowers in terminal racemes or panicles. Calyx tomentose, truncate or with short teeth. Corolla campanulate; stamens included. Capsule densely covered in prickles.

Worldwide: c. 45 species in tropical America

Zimbabwe: 3 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
buccinatorium (DC.) L.G. Lohmann	Description, Image
crucigerum (L.) L.G. Lohmann	Description, Image
cynanchoides (DC.) L.G. Lohmann

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