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Trees, shrubs, or vines, climbers rarely herbs. Leaves opposite, alternate, or whorled, simple or pinnately compound, rarely palmately compound, without stipules, climbers usually with tendrils modified sometimes into hooks or suckers. Inflorescences cymose, paniculate, or racemose, terminal or axillary, rarely flowers borne on old stems; bracts and bractlets present, sometimes deciduous. Flowers bisexual, zygomorphic, usually large. Calyx campanulate or tubular, truncate, 2-5-dentate, or glandular subulate-dentate. Corolla campanulate or funnelform, usually bilabiate; lobes 5, imbricate or valvate. Fertile stamens 4 (didynamous) and staminode 1, or 2 and staminodes 3, rarely all 5 stamens fertile. Disc fleshy. Ovary superior, 2-locular, rarely 1- or 4-locular; placentation axile or parietal; ovules numerous. Style filiform; stigma 2-lobed. Capsule dehiscing loculicidally or septicidally, rarely fruit fleshy and indehiscent. Seeds numerous, usually winged or with tufts of hairs at both ends; endosperm absent.

Flowers often showy, hermaphrodite, more or less zygomorphic Leaves opposite, rarely alternate, mostly compound, digitate or pinnate, sometimes the terminal leaflet tendril-like (but not in the native genera of W.Africa); stipules absent, pseudostipules present in some genera Trees or shrubs, sometimes scandent, very rarely herbs Fruit capsular or fleshy and indehiscent Style terminal, 2-lipped; ovules numerous Seeds often winged, without endosperm; embryo straight Corolla with 5 imbricate lobes sometimes forming 2 lips, the upper of 2, the lower of 3 lobes Calyx campanulate, closed or open in bud, truncate or 5-toothed, sometimes spathaceous Anthers connivent in pairs or rarely free, 2-celled, opening lengthwise; staminode representing the fifth stamen often short, sometimes absent, often 3 present when only two stamens Stamens alternate with the corolla-lobes, only 4 or 2 perfect Ovary superior, 2-celled with 2 placentas in each cell or 1-celled with parietal bifid placentas Disk usually present Leaves opposite, rarely alternate, mostly compound, digitate or pinnate, sometimes the terminal leaflet tendril-like (but not in the native genera of W.Africa); stipules absent, pseudostipules present in some genera Trees or shrubs, sometimes scandent, very rarely herbs Fruit capsular or fleshy and indehiscent Style terminal, 2-lipped; ovules numerous Seeds often winged, without endosperm; embryo straight Corolla with 5 imbricate lobes sometimes forming 2 lips, the upper of 2, the lower of 3 lobes Calyx campanulate, closed or open in bud, truncate or 5-toothed, sometimes spathaceous Anthers connivent in pairs or rarely free, 2-celled, opening lengthwise; staminode representing the fifth stamen often short, sometimes absent, often 3 present when only two stamens Stamens alternate with the corolla-lobes, only 4 or 2 perfect Ovary superior, 2-celled with 2 placentas in each cell or 1-celled with parietal bifid placentas Disk usually present

Arbres , arbustes ou lianes, rarement plantes herbacées; écailles externes des bourgeons axillaires souvent développées en pseudostipules.'Feuilles'généralement opposées (toujours dans la Flore), digitées, pennées (toujours dans les espèces indigènes de la Flore), bipennées ou parfois simples1.'Panicules'ou racèmes terminaux ou axillaires, parfois ± réduits.'Fleurs'à calice de forme variable, tronqué à diversement lobé ou denté; corolle à long tube souvent ± courbé, terminé par 5 lobes; étamines généralement 4 et didynames, rarement 21 ou 51, à 1-2 thèques développées et généralement divergentes; staminode généralement présent; disque généralement présent; ovaire supère, 2-loculaire à placentation axile et à ovules 2- à multisériés dans chaque loge, ou 1-loculaire à placentation pariétale; style grêle; stigmate bilamellaire.'Capsules'loculicides ou septifrages, à déhiscence longitudinale parallèle ou perpendiculaire à la cloison, ou fruits indéhiscents.'Graines exalbuminées, ailées ou non.\n\t\t\tEnviron 120 genres et 650 espèces principalement tropicales, dont 11 genres et une vingtaine d'espèces en Afrique. La famille est représentée dans l'aire de la Flore par 7 genres, 11 espèces et 1 sous-espèce indigènes, et par 5 genres, 5 espèces et 1 sous-espèce exotiques, soit au total 12 genres, 16 espèces et 2 sous-espèces.

Fls perfect, hypogynous, sympetalous, usually ± strongly irregular, the cor often bilabiate; cal with mostly 5 teeth or lobes, sometimes bilabiate, or the lobes sometimes suppressed; stamens on the cor-tube, alternate with the 5 lobes, commonly 4 and paired, the fifth (upper) one staminodial or wanting, or sometimes only 2 stamens polliniferous and the other 3 staminodial; ovary superior, bilocular with 2 axile placentas in each locule, or unilocular with 2 or 4 ± intruded parietal placentas; ovules ± numerous on each placenta; style terminal, with a 2-lobed stigma; fr usually capsular, often with a replum; seeds mostly flat, very often winged, mostly without endosperm (Paulownia excepted); embryo straight, the 2 cotyledons usually enlarged and ± foliaceous; mostly woody plants, very often vines, with opposite or whorled, exstipulate, simple or more often compound lvs and mostly large and showy fls in various sorts of infls. 100+/800.

Trees and shrubs, sometimes straggling (sometimes climbers, very rarely herbaceous), mostly unarmed, not lactiferous Stipules absent, rarely with pseudostipules (external scales of axillary shoots) well developed, sometimes foliacepus Flowers zygomorphic, usually showy and in several-flowered terminal or axillary panicles or racemes, sometimes reduced to a fascicle or solitary flower Leaves usually opposite, rarely verticillate or alternate, imparipinnate or bipinnate (not in Flora Zambesiaca area), 1-jugate or simple, sometimes the terminal leaflet replaced by a tendril (not in Flora Zambesiaca area) Calyx gamosepalous of various shapes, usually 5-dentate or -lobed or almost truncate or spathaceously split Disk hypogynous, nectariferous, annual or tubular, sometimes absent Ovary superior, syncarpus 2-carpellary, typically bilocular with axile placentation or unilocular and with parietal placencation (Kigelia); ovules numerous in each locule, anatropous; style 1, terminal with bilamellate stigma Corolla gamopetalous bilabiate or not, with a conspicuous campanulate, infundibuliform or tubular tube and 5-lobed, limb usually imbricate in aestivation Stamens epipetalous, usually 4, didynamous with l posticous staminode, not so often 5 equal stamens, very rarely 2 (not in Flora Zambesiaca area) adnate to the corolla tube, included or exserted; filaments slender, often dilated at the base; anthers 2-thecous, rarely l-thecous (not in Flora Zambesiaca area), usually widely divergent or divaricate, dehiscing longitudinally Fruit usually capsular, dehiscing by 2 loculicidal or septicidal valves, perpendicular or parallel to the septum, or fleshy and indehiscent (Kigelia) Seeds numerous, compressed and winged in the species with capsular fruits, wingless seeds in the species with fleshy fruits, without endosperm; embryo usually flat; cotyledons flattened, rarely folded, foliaceous Stipules absent, rarely with pseudostipules (external scales of axillary shoots) well developed, sometimes foliacepus Flowers zygomorphic, usually showy and in several-flowered terminal or axillary panicles or racemes, sometimes reduced to a fascicle or solitary flower Leaves usually opposite, rarely verticillate or alternate, imparipinnate or bipinnate (not in Flora Zambesiaca area), 1-jugate or simple, sometimes the terminal leaflet replaced by a tendril (not in Flora Zambesiaca area) Calyx gamosepalous of various shapes, usually 5-dentate or -lobed or almost truncate or spathaceously split Disk hypogynous, nectariferous, annual or tubular, sometimes absent Ovary superior, syncarpus 2-carpellary, typically bilocular with axile placentation or unilocular and with parietal placencation (Kigelia); ovules numerous in each locule, anatropous; style 1, terminal with bilamellate stigma Corolla gamopetalous bilabiate or not, with a conspicuous campanulate, infundibuliform or tubular tube and 5-lobed, limb usually imbricate in aestivation Stamens epipetalous, usually 4, didynamous with l posticous staminode, not so often 5 equal stamens, very rarely 2 (not in Flora Zambesiaca area) adnate to the corolla tube, included or exserted; filaments slender, often dilated at the base; anthers 2-thecous, rarely l-thecous (not in Flora Zambesiaca area), usually widely divergent or divaricate, dehiscing longitudinally Fruit usually capsular, dehiscing by 2 loculicidal or septicidal valves, perpendicular or parallel to the septum, or fleshy and indehiscent (Kigelia) Seeds numerous, compressed and winged in the species with capsular fruits, wingless seeds in the species with fleshy fruits, without endosperm; embryo usually flat; cotyledons flattened, rarely folded, foliaceous