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Twining dioecious herbs, sometimes bearing aerial tubers. Leaves alternate or opposite, simple or compound (3-7-digitate). Male inflorescences of axillary spikes or racemes, sometimes a terminal panicle. Female inflorescences of axillary spikes. Ovary 3-locular. Fruit a 3-lobed capsule. Seeds sometimes winged. Worldwide: c. 850 species in tropical and warm regions Malawi: 12 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| asteriscus Burkill | S | Description, Image |
| buchananii Benth. subsp. buchananii | C,S | Description, Image |
| bulbifera (L.) L. | C,S | Description, Image |
| cochleari-apiculata De Wild. | N,C,S | |
| dumetorum (Kunth) Pax | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| hirtiflora Benth. subsp. orientalis Milne-Redh. | C | Description |
| hirtiflora Benth. subsp. pedicellata Milne-Redh. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| praehensilis Benth. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| preussii Pax subsp. hylophila (Harms) Wilkin | C,S | |
| quartiniana Hochst. ex A. Rich. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| sansibarensis Pax | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| schimperiana Kunth | N,C,S | Description, Image |
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