Tiliacora
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| Tiliacora | |
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| Tiliacora acuminata | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Menispermaceae |
| Tribe: | Tiliacoreae |
| Genus: | Tiliacora Colebr.[1][2] |
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Tiliacora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia and Australia.
Species of this genus are twining, woody climbers with simple alternate leaves. They are dioecious, meaning that pistillate (functionally female) and staminate (functionally male) flowers are borne on separate plants. Inflorescences are racemeose, often growing from the woody stem. Flowers have three or six petals and 6–12 sepals arranged in whorls of three. The fruit are drupes, roughly ovoid or obovoid in shape.[3][4]
Distribution
The members of this genus are variously native to the following regions:[1][5][a]
- Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Rwanda, Zaire
- Indian Subcontinent: Assam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya
- Indo-China: Andaman Is., Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
- Malesia: Malaya
- Australia: Northern Territory, Queensland
