4918.010 Cayratia Juss.

Description of the genus

Climbing perennial herbs. Tendrils present, leaf-opposed. Stipules present. Leaves (in ours) pedate, 5-8-foliolate. Inflorescences of usually axillary divaricately-branched cymes. Flowers 4-merous. Fl. bud depressed-spherical, not constricted at the middle. Petals hooded at the apex, caducous. Disk annular. Fruit (2-)4-seeded.

Worldwide: 50 species in the Old World tropics

Zambia: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
gracilis (Guill. & Perr.) Suess.	N,W,C,E,S	Nw,N,E,C,Lk,S	Description, Image
ibuensis (Hook. f.) Suess.	W	Nw	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Cayratia:

Our websites:

Flora of Malawi: Cayratia
Flora of Mozambique: Cayratia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Cayratia

External websites:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Cayratia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Cayratia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cayratia
Wikipedia: Cayratia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cayratia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Cayratia

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-23

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2023). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Cayratia.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=930, retrieved 31 March 2023

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