Climbing or creeping perennial herbs, rooting at nodes. Leaf lamina entire, not hastate, usually with pellucid glands. Inflorescences numerous, subtended by a bract. Spathe erect; spadix with male flowers above and female below. Flowers unisexual. Berries usually red. Seeds with abundant endosperm. Worldwide: 20 species in tropical Africa, mostly in the rainforests of W and C Africa DRC: 7 taxa. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| angolensis Welw. ex Schott | Description | |
| loukandensis Pellegr. | ||
| mannii (Hook.f.) Engl. | ||
| panduriformis Engl. & K.Krause | ||
| sapinii De Wild. | ||
| scandens P.Beauv. | VI | |
| tenuifolia Engl. |