6589.000 Diplorhynchus Welw. ex Ficalho & Hiern

Beentje, H. (2021) Apocynaceae, sous-familes I. Apocynoideae et II. Rauvolfioideae Flore d' Afrique Centrale Jardin botanique de Meise

Description of the genus

Shrub or tree with white latex. Branchlets dotted with paler lenticels. Leaves opposite, long-petiolate. Inflorescence thyrsoid, terminal and in upper axils; bracts obscure. Flowers actinomorphic (except for sometimes unequal sepals). Sepals ovate, acute. Corolla salver-shaped; tube ± cylindric, weakly gibbous in upper half and constricted at mouth; lobes overlapping to the left. Stamens inserted near middle of corolla tube. Ovary of 2 basally connate carpels. Fruit composed of two obliquely oblong follicles; outside dotted with paler lenticels. Seeds laterally flattened, obliquely oblong, long-winged at apex.

Worldwide: 1 species in tropical and South Africa

Angola: 1 taxon.

Diplorhynchus condylocarpon

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condylocarpon (Müll. Arg.) PichonBI,CC,CN,HA,HI,LA,LA,LS,MA,MODescription, Image

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