Schizozygia Baill.

Apocynaceae, A. J. M. Leeuwenberg & F. K. Kupicha et al. Flora Zambesiaca 7:2. 1985

Morphology General Habit

Shrub or small tree, repeatedly dichotomously branched and with 2 inflorescences in each fork, with white latex; branchlets terete.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves opposite, those of a pair equal, petiolate, with one or two rows of colleters in the axils; lamina obovate, cuneate at the base.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescences corymbose, congested.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers actinomorphic except for the sometimes slightly unequal sepals.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx green.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Corolla with tube yellow and limb creamy to yellow; tube slightly shorter to much longer than the calyx; lobes in the bud overlapping to the right, spreading.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Stamens included or nearly so; anthers sessile, narrowly triangular, acute at the apex, sagittate at the base, glabrous or sometimes papillose, introrse, with upper two-thirds fertile.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil

Pistil glabrous or nearly so; ovary subglobose, composed of 2 free carpels; disk adnate to the ovary for ± 7/10 of its height; clavuncula cylindrical; stigma minute, 2-lobed.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Fruit composed of 2 almost free adaxially dehiscent carpels, wall thinly coriaceous, irregularly striate, grooved when dry.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds few, surrounded by a thin red or orange pulpy aril, obliquely ellipsoid, with a deep groove to 1/2 their width at the hilar side and shallowly grooved at the other sides, minutely rugose; endosperm copious, starchy, white, ruminate, surrounding the spathulate embryo.