6659.000 Mandevilla Lindl.

Lianas, usually glabrous, with latex; stipules interpetiolar, reduced to many linear segments. Leaves opposite, lamina elliptic to lanceolate; large, apex acuminate; deep green. Inflorescence racemes, few-flowered, axillary. Flowers large; calyx deeply divided, with many basal glands inside; corolla funnelform, tube narrow; lobes overlapping to the right. Fruit follicles, long slender. Seeds narrowly oblong.

Derivation of name: for Henri Mandeville, 1773-1861, a diplomat and enthusiastic gardener.

Worldwide: 185 species in tropical America.

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.