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2583.000 Tinospora
Description of the genus
Climbers or lianes. Leaves simple, not peltate, entire. Male inflorescences of false racemes, composed of 2-4-flowered cymes; flowers numerous. Male flowers: sepals 6, 3 inner much larger than outer petals 6, rarely 3, fleshy with inrolled margin; stamens 3 (in ours); anthers opening by a longitudinal slit. Female inflorescences of false racemes; sepals and petals similar to male; carpels 3. Worldwide: 32 species in the Old World tropics Botswana: 3 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| caffra (Miers) Troupin | Description, Image | |
| fragosa (I. Verd.) I. Verd. & Troupin | ||
| tenera Miers |
Other sources of information about Tinospora:
Our websites:
Flora of Burundi: TinosporaFlora of Caprivi: Tinospora
Flora of Malawi: Tinospora
Flora of Mozambique: Tinospora
Flora of Rwanda: Tinospora
Flora of Zambia: Tinospora
Flora of Zimbabwe: Tinospora
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): TinosporaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Tinospora
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Tinospora
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Tinospora
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Tinospora
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tinospora
JSTOR Plant Science: Tinospora
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tinospora
Plants of the World Online: Tinospora
Tropicos: Tinospora
Wikipedia: Tinospora
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