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Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.
Walters, S.M. et al. (eds) (1997) The European Garden Flora. Vol. V. Dicotyledons (Part III). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Erect to climbing shrubs or small trees, sometimes epiphytes or prostrate creepers. Stipules present, usually small and deciduous. Leaves simple, alternate, opposite or whorled. Flowers usually bisexual (if unisexual then plants dioecious), actinomorphic, axillary or borne in racemes or panicles, usually red and pendulous. Hypanthium bell-shaped to tubular. Sepals 4. Petals 0 or 4. Stamens 8. Ovary 4-locular. Fruit a fleshy berry. Derivation of name: Named after Leonard Fuchs, 1501-1565, German professor of medicine and botanist Worldwide: c. 105 species in Central and South America. Zimbabwe: 5 cultivated taxa. |
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| Species | Content |
| arborescens Sims | |
| fulgens DC. | |
| magellanica Lam. | |
| splendens Zucc. | |
| triphylla L. |
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