Woody climber. Leaves opposite.
Inflorescence of terminal cymes, the flowers subtended by leaf -like bracts. Calyx large with leafy lobes. Corolla funnel-shaped, large, white. Stamens with long filaments, widened above, united, adherent to the stigma. Ovaries 2. Fruit long, cylindric, woody, splitting into 2 follicles. Derivation of name: Named after a Lady Beaumont from Yorkshire Worldwide: 9 species from India and China to Bali Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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