7706.100 Dolichandra Cham.

MACFADYENA A. DC.

Description of the genus

Climbers or creepers. Leaves 2-foliolate with (in ours) a terminal 3-fid, claw-like tendril. Leaflets entire. Inflorescences axillary, often reduced to 1(-3) flowers. Calyx cup-shaped. Corolla yellow. Capsule linear, elongate, flattened. Seeds winged.

Worldwide: 3-4 species in tropical America

Dolichandra unguis-cati

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unguis-cati (L.) L.G. LohmannC,EDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Dolichandra:

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Dolichandra page
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Dolichandra
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Dolichandra
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Dolichandra
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Dolichandra
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Dolichandra

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Dolichandra.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1301, retrieved 18 June 2013

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