Description
Scandent shrubs or woody climbers.
Leaves ± ovate to elliptic, base 3-7-nerved with the side nerves sometimes supra-basal.
Inflorescence axillary or supra-axillary, cymose or thyrsoid.
Seed horseshoe-shaped, narrow, embedded in endosperm.
Distribution
Asia-Temperate, Asia-Tropical, Australasia, Ceylon present, Polynesia present, Tropical SE. Asia present
From China and tropical SE. Asia (incl. Ceylon) to Australia and Polynesia; throughout Malesia. In all 6 spp.
Citation
MIERS 1871 – In: Contr. Bot.: 100
FORMAN 1958 – In: Kew Bull.: 451
MIERS 1864 – In: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.: 363
Diels 1910 – In: Pfl. R.: 205
