Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 1191 (1753).

Derivation: In honour of the German botanist, L. Fuchs, 1501-1566.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Perennial shrubs with branches becoming woody; leaves opposite, petiolate, serrate-dentate.

Inflorescence raceme-like with 1-3 flowers in the axils of each leaf-like bract; floral tube 0.8-1 cm long, glabrous, deciduous; sepals 4, free; petals 4, obovate, truncate, a deep purplish-blue, forming a cylindrical tube when expanded; stamens 8 in 2 whorls of different length, with anthers dorsifixed, c. 2 mm long; ovary inferior, with 4 locules each with a few ovules on an axile placenta; style with short hairs, usually longer than the stamens, with a capitate more or less 4-lobed stigma.

fruit a berry, seeds ellipsoid, smooth, without a tuft of hairs.

Distribution:  About 100 species mainly from Central to South America but also from Tahiti and New Zealand.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available