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690.000 Culcasia
Description of the genus
Climbing or creeping perennial herbs, rooting at nodes. Leaf lamina entire, not hastate, usually with pellucid glands. Inflorescences numerous, subtended by a bract. Spathe erect; spadix with male flowers above and female below. Flowers unisexual. Berries usually red. Seeds with abundant endosperm. Worldwide: 20 species in tropical Africa, mostly in the rainforests of W and C Africa Mozambique: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| falcifolia Engl. | Z,MS | Description, Image |
| orientalis Mayo | N |
Other sources of information about Culcasia:
Our websites:
Flora of Burundi: CulcasiaFlora of Malawi: Culcasia
Flora of Zambia: Culcasia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Culcasia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CulcasiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Culcasia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Culcasia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Culcasia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Culcasia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Culcasia
JSTOR Plant Science: Culcasia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Culcasia
Plants of the World Online: Culcasia
Tropicos: Culcasia
Wikipedia: Culcasia
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