Erect or climbing perennial herbs or shrubs, sometimes succulent (quadrangularis); tendrils leaf-opposed or 0. Stipules present. Leaves simple, lobed or digitately 3-7-foliolate. Flowers 4-merous, bisexual, in leaf-opposed or terminal cymes. Flower bud conic, not constricted at the middle. Disk annular, entire or lobed. Seeds 1(-2). Derivation of name: From the Greek, kissos, meaning ivy. Worldwide: c. 200 species in tropical and warm areas. Tanzania: 0 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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