3424.000 Rourea Aubl.

Description of the genus

Woody lianes, climbing shrubs or small trees. Leaves imparipinnate. Inflorescences of racemes or panicles. Flowers 5-merous. Sepals imbricate; margin ciliate. Petals longer than sepals. Stamens 10. Fruit a slightly curved, glabrous or glabrescent, follicle, with the persistent calyx clasping the base. Seed partially enclosed by the basal aril. Follicles glabrous or almost so.

Worldwide: 40 - 70 species in the tropics

Burundi: 3 taxa.

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Species		Content
coccinea (Schumach. & Thonn.) Benth.[Agg]
minor (Gaertn.) Alston		Description, Image
thomsonii (Baker) Jongkind

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Flora of Botswana: Rourea
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Flora of Malawi: Rourea
Flora of Mozambique: Rourea
Flora of Zambia: Rourea
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