690.000 Culcasia P. Beauv.

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

Burundi: 2 taxa.

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Species		Content
ekongoloi Ntépé-Nyamè
falcifolia Engl.		Description, Image

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Culcasia
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EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Culcasia
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iNaturalist: Culcasia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Culcasia
JSTOR Plant Science: Culcasia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Culcasia
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Tropicos: Culcasia
Wikipedia: Culcasia