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COURBONIA Brongn.
NIEBUHRIA DC.
PHYSANTHEMUM Klotzsch
STREBLOCARPUS Arn.
WIEGMANNIA Hochst. & Steud.
Shrublets, shrubs, trees or climbers. Spines 0 but lateral branches may be sharp at the tip. Leaves alternate or crowded on short side shoots, simple or 3(-5)-foliolate. Flowers bisexual. Receptacle cylindric or funnel-shaped, often produced into a disk. Sepals (3-)4. Petals 0 or (3-)4(-8). Androgynophore shorter than the sepals. Gynophore elongated. Fruit spherical, ovoid, ellipsoid, oblong-ellipsoid or cylindric, sometimes beaded. Worldwide: 50 species in tropical and South Africa, extending to India Burundi: 7 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| aethiopica (Fenzl) Oliv. | Description, Image | |
| angolensis DC. | Description, Image | |
| becquetii R.Wilczek | ||
| descampsii De Wild. | ||
| duchesnei (De Wild.) F.White | ||
| friesii Gilg & Gilg-Ben. | Description, Image | |
| triphylla A.Rich. |
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