6875.000 Riocreuxia Decne.

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Description of the genus

Herbaceous climbers. Leaves opposite, simple, usually broadly ovate, large and with a cordate base. Flowers in open branching cymes or panicles. Sepals 5. Corolla usually with a tubular to cylindric lower half, which is usually slightly inflated or bell-shaped; lobes 5, usually connate at tips. Corona (1-)2-seriate, very variable. Anthers ± erect. Follicles terete to fusiform. Seeds winged with an apical tuft of hairs.

Worldwide: 8 species in tropical and South Africa.

Malawi: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
chrysochroma (H. Huber) Radcl.-Sm.[NrEnd]	N	Description, Image
polyantha Schltr.	N,C,S	Description, Image

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