Salpichroa Miers

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 196

8. Salpichroa Miers 1

Scrambling, much-branched perennial herbs, with leaf-opposed branches. Leaves alternate or opposite, simple. Flowers solitary, axillary. Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla urceolate, with 5 deflexed lobes. Stamens 5, equal, somewhat exserted, inserted in corolla-tube; anthers dorsifixed. Ovary with nectary at base; style hairy below; stigma capitate. Fruit a berry; seeds strongly compressed.