Climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite, simple, entire. Inflorescences of few-flowered cymes, arranged in panicles, the cymes subtended by prominent, petaloid (in ours) involucral bracts. Corolla 2-lipped, white or pink. Stamens exserted. Fruit a drupe. Worldwide: c. 7 species in SE Asia and W Malesia. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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