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Published In: Species Plantarum 1: 366. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
General/Distribution: A genus of about 14 species, mostly in the tropical and subtropical regions of India, Africa and America. Represented in W. Pakistan by 1 species.

 

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Tendrillar herbs; base woody. Leaves exstipulate; alternate bipinnate; leaflets inciso-dentate. Flowers zygomorphic, in few-flowered, axillary cymes; cymes subtended by a pair of tendrils. Sepals 4, imbricate, 2 outer ones smaller. Petals 4, in pairs. Disc unilateral. Stamens 8, filaments unequal, free or connate at the base. Ovary excentric, sessile or subsessile, 3-locular, with one ovule in each locule. Fruit a loculicidal capsule, membranous, inflated, 3-valved. Seeds usually arillate at the base.
 
 
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