Congolanthus A. Raynal

Paiva, J. & Nogueira, I. (1990) Gentianaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(4)

Description of the genus

Annual herbs. Stems erect, slender, often branched, 4-angled. Leaves ovate to elliptic or obovate, linear at the apex of the branches, entire. Flowers 4-merous, axillary, solitary or 2–3-nate. Calyx tube cylindric; corolla tube cylindric, with 4-lobes. Ovary narrowly ellipsoid, unilocular. Fruit a capsule narrowly-cylindric, bivalved.

Worldwide: One species in Africa.

DRC: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
longidens (N.E. Br.) A. Raynal		Image

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