8569.000 Corallocarpus Welw. ex Hook. f.

Description of the genus

Climbing, or rarely prostrate, monoecious herbs. Leaves simple. Tendrils simple. Flowers yellowish. Male flowers in subsessile to pedunculate congested axillary clusters; corolla lobes small, (0.7 - 2 mm long), shortly united below; stamens 5. Female flowers solitary or clustered, axillary; ovary smooth, developing a cup-shaped base; perianth as in male flowers; stigma 2(-3)-lobed. Fruits small, red, often beaked, circumscissile near the persistent base.

Worldwide: 13 species in tropical Africa, Madagascar and India

Caprivi: 3 taxa.

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Species	Content
bainesii (Hook. f.) A. Meeuse	Description, Image
boehmii (Cogn.) C. Jeffrey	Description, Image
welwitschii (Naudin) Hook.f.

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Flora of Mozambique: Corallocarpus
Flora of Rwanda: Corallocarpus
Flora of Zambia: Corallocarpus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Corallocarpus

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Corallocarpus
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EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Corallocarpus
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Corallocarpus
JSTOR Plant Science: Corallocarpus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Corallocarpus
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Tropicos: Corallocarpus
Wikipedia: Corallocarpus