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Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.
Diniz, M.A. (1988) Bignoniaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(3)
Climbers, trees or shrubs. Stipules absent, but pseudostipules sometimes present. Leaves opposite (rarely in whorls of 3), usually compound, namely 2-3-pinnate, imparipinnately 1-pinnate or 3-foliolate with the terminal leaflet sometimes a tendril or rarely simple. Inflorescences of terminal or axillary panicles or racemes, sometimes reduced to a fascicle or a solitary flower. Flowers zygomorphic, bisexual, often showy. Calyx gamosepalous, usually with 5 teeth or lobes, sometimes spathaceous. Corolla gamopetalous, 2-lipped or not, with a conspicuous tube and 5 lobes. Stamens usually 4, didynamous, with 1 staminode. Disk hypogynous, nectariferous. Ovary superior, usually 2-locular, less often 1-locular. Style 1, terminal. Fruit usually a dehiscent, often elongated, capsule, rarely fleshy and indehiscent (Kigelia). Seeds numerous, winged in species with capsules, without wings in those with indehiscent fruits. Worldwide: 109 genera and 750 species, mainly tropical, especially South America. Malawi: 6 genera and 8 taxa. |
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Fernandoa Welw. ex Seem. | Description |
Kigelia DC. | Description, Image |
Markhamia Seem. ex Baill. | Description, Image |
Podranea Sprague | Description, Image |
Stereospermum Cham. | Description |
Tecomaria (Endl.) Spach | Description |
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