Perennial climbers, supported by tendril-tipped leaves, sometimes dioecious
Stems herbaceous, terete
Leaves alternate; blades linear-lanceolate, apex an attenuate, spirally coiled tendril, closely ribbed; basal sheath tubular but slit to base surrounding stem, forming an auriculate constriction where joined to blade
Flowers bisexual or unisexual, regular, small, in terminal panicles, side branches and branchlets patent and flexuose; bracts small, concave, auriculate
Perianth of 6 free, petaloid, oblong, obtuse, persistent segments
Stamens 6, hypogynous or slightly adnate to base of segments; filaments free, ultimately exserted; anthers 2-thecous, introrse, opening by longitudinal slits, early deciduous
Ovary superior, 3-locular, with a single axile ovule in each locule; style 3-lobed, short or 0; stigmas terete, papillate
Fruit a berry, 1-3-seeded
x = 19
Nomenclature:
Flagellaria L.
Linnaeus: 333 (1753)
Brown: 15 (1897)
Ross: 115 (1972)
Distribution & Notes:
Global: Species 3, Asia, Africa and Fiji
Southern Africa: Species 1: Flagellaria guineensis Schumach., coastal area of KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape as far south as East London
LINNAEUS, C. 1753. Species plantarum. Laurentius Salvius, Stockholm
ROSS, J.H. 1972. Flagellariaceae. Flora of Natal. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa No. 39
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