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4918.010 Cayratia
Description of the genus
Climbing perennial herbs. Tendrils present, leaf-opposed. Stipules present. Leaves (in ours) pedate, 5-8-foliolate. Inflorescences of usually axillary divaricately-branched cymes. Flowers 4-merous. Fl. bud depressed-spherical, not constricted at the middle. Petals hooded at the apex, caducous. Disk annular. Fruit (2-)4-seeded. Worldwide: 50 species in the Old World tropics Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| gracilis (Guill. & Perr.) Suess. | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Cayratia:
Our websites:
Flora of Burundi: CayratiaFlora of Malawi: Cayratia
Flora of Mozambique: Cayratia
Flora of Zambia: Cayratia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CayratiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cayratia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cayratia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Cayratia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Cayratia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cayratia
JSTOR Plant Science: Cayratia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cayratia
Plants of the World Online: Cayratia
Tropicos: Cayratia
Wikipedia: Cayratia
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