4913.000 Tetrastigma (Miq.) Planch.
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D., Carolin, R.C. & Tindale, M. (1994) Flora of the Sydney Region 4th edition, Griffin Press Ltd., Netley, South Australia
Description of the genus
Tall woody climbers. Leaves palmately trifoliate; leaflets ovate-elliptic, dentate, acuminate, coriaceous. Flowers in apparently axillary inflorescences. Petals 4, horned. Style very short, surmounted by the swollen 4-lobed stigma. Fruit a berry.
Worldwide: 8 species in primary rainforests of tropical and subtropical areas of Asia and Australia.
Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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