8562.000 Mukia Arn.

Description of the genus

Climbing or prostrate, monoecious, herbs. Leaves simple, petiolate. Tendrils simple. Flowers very small. Male flowers in sessile fascicles, shortly pedicellate. Corolla lobes 5, united below. Stamens 3, two 2-thecous, one single 1-thecous. Female flowers also in sessile fascicles, ± sessile or shortly pedicellate; staminodes 3, stigma 3-lobed. Fruit spherical (in ours), smooth, red, usually glabrous when mature.

Worldwide: 4 species in the Old World tropics

Malawi: 1 taxon.

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maderaspatana (L.) M. Roem.N,C,SDescription, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Mukia
Flora of Caprivi: Mukia
Flora of Mozambique: Mukia
Flora of Zambia: Mukia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Mukia

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ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Mukia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Mukia
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Mukia
Wikipedia: Mukia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Mukia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Mukia

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Malawi: Genus page: Mukia.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1433, retrieved 22 March 2023

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