Large perennial plants with leafy shoots fully developed at flowering time; leaf sheaths always forming a distinct pseudostem; leaves distichous. Inflorescences arising from the base or from a rhizome. Flowers large, zygomorphic. Calyx spathaceous. Lateral petals narrow, posterior larger, hood-like. Staminode 1, large, petaloid (labellum); stamen 1, free; apex 3-lobed. Fruit a berry, usually red. Worldwide: c. 50 species widely distributed in tropical Africa. Rwanda: 7 taxa. |
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| Species | Content | |
| angustifolium (Sonn.) K. Schum. | Description, Image | |
| corrorima (A.Braun) P.C.M.Jansen | ||
| mala (K.Schum.) K.Schum. | ||
| mildbraedii Loes. | ||
| spiroligulatum A.D.Poulsen & Lock | ||
| wuerthii Dhetchuvi & Eb.Fisch. | ||
| zambesiacum (Baker) K. Schum. |