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Shrubs, climbing via tendrils. Leaves alternate, pinnatisect, usually ending in a branched tendril. Flowers violet to bright green or white, solitary, borne on long peduncles in the axils. Calyx large, 5-parted; segments leaf-like. Corolla campanulate or broadly cylindric, 5-lobed. Stamens and style declinate, exserted. Capsule leathery, 3-valved. Seeds broadly winged. Derivation of name: named after Father Cobo, a 17th century Spanish naturalist Worldwide: c. 10 species in tropical America Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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