Class
Family
Deciduous or rarely evergreen lianes; bark remaining adherent, lenticellate; pith white, continuous. Tendrils branched, often with adhesive disc-like tips. Lvs palmately compound or simple, long-petiolate. Fls in lf-opposed pedunculate cymes or panicles, mostly ☿. Calyx 5-lobed, minute. Petals (4)–5, free, usually spreading, sometimes deflexed, persistent at least briefly after anthesis. Disc adnate to base of ovary, scarcely distinguishable. Ovary 2-celled; ovules 2 per cell; style very short. Berry 1–4-seeded, dark blue or blackish, often with glaucous bloom; flesh thin.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Category | Number |
---|---|
Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
Exotic: Casual | 2 |
Total | 3 |