8410.000 Geophila D. Don

Description of the genus

Herbs with prostrate stems rooting at the nodes, usually occurring on the forest floor. Stipules interpetiolar. Leaves opposite, ovate to reniform with a cordate base; petiole usually long. Flowers borne on long peduncles, solitary or in a terminal umbel surrounded by an involucre of bracts. Calyx 4-7-lobed. Corolla cylindric or funnel-shaped; lobes 4-7. Ovary 2-locular; each loculus with one ovule. Stigma lobes 2. Fruit a fleshy drupe.

Worldwide: c. 20 species in the tropics

Malawi: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
obvallata (Schumach.) Didr. subsp. ioides (K. Schum.) Verdc.	N	Description, Image
repens (L.) I.M. Johnst.	S	Description, Image

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Geophila
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