Lelya Bremek.

Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003) Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3)

Description of the genus

Prostrate perennial herb. Leaves paired, small, shortly petiolate; stipules in lower part of stem with sheath produced into a triangular lobe. Inflorescence terminal triads or sometimes solitary. Flowers small; calyx tube ovoid or ellipsoid; lobes 4, equal, oblong-elliptic or oblong-spathulate, rather thick, exceeding the tube, joined at the base to form a free tube; corolla tube shortly cylindric or narrowly funnel-shaped; lobes 4. Fruit capsular with bony walls, ellipsoid, produced into a solid beak; at length apically, dehiscent Seeds few, blackish, angular, pitted.

Worldwide: One species in tropical Africa.

Zambia: 2 taxa.

No image yet

Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
prostrata (R.D. Good) W.H.Lewis var. angustifolia (Bremek.) W.H.Lewis	N,W	N
prostrata (R.D. Good) W.H.Lewis var. prostrata	W,E	Nw	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Lelya:

Our websites:

Flora of Malawi: Lelya

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Lelya
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Lelya
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Lelya
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Lelya
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Lelya
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lelya
JSTOR Plant Science: Lelya
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Lelya
Plants of the World Online: Lelya
Tropicos: Lelya
Wikipedia: Lelya