Lianes, with tendrils, or climbing shrubs. Stipules 0. Inflorescence of branched terminal panicles. Corolla salver-shaped; lobes overlapping to the left.
Anthers keeled on the back. Ovary hairy.
Carpels completely fused into an indehiscent, hairy (velutinous), fleshy, many-seeded berry.
Worldwide: 10 species in Africa; 1 extending to Madagascar.
Hyde, M.A. & Wursten, B.(2010). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Ancylobothrys. http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1106, retrieved 9 September 2010
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