Woody lianes, climbing shrubs or small trees.
Leaves imparipinnate. Inflorescences of racemes or panicles. Flowers 5-merous. Sepals imbricate; margin ciliate. Petals longer than sepals. Stamens 10. Fruit a slightly curved, glabrous or glabrescent, follicle, with the persistent calyx clasping the base. Seed partially enclosed by the basal aril.
Follicles glabrous or almost so.
Worldwide: 40 - 70 species in the tropics Malawi: 2 taxa. |
![Rourea orientalis](https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/images/12/125550-14-t.jpg) |