Tiliacora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Menispermaceae. It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia and Australia.
Description Species of this genus are twining, woody climbers with simple alternate leaves. They are dioecious, meaning that (functionally female) and (functionally male) flowers are borne on separate plants. Inflorescences are racemeose, often growing from the woody stem. Flowers have three or six petals and 6–12 sepals arranged in whorls of three. The fruit are drupes, roughly or obovoid in shape.
Distribution The members of this genus are variously native to the following regions:
Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Rwanda, Zaire Indian Subcontinent: Assam, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya Indo-China: Andaman Is., Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam Malesia: Malaya Australia: Northern Territory, Queensland
Species , Plants of the World Online accepts the following 23 species:
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