Citation: Miers, London J. Bot. 4:321 (1845).

Derivation: Greek salpinx, trumpet or tube; chroa, skin or complexion; alluding to the form and texture of the flower.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Scrambling or climbing soft-wooded perennials; pubescence of simple hairs; leaves alternate or opposite (outside S.Aust.), simple, ovate.

Flowers solitary, pedunculate, axillary; calyx deeply 5-lobed; corolla cylindrical, 5-lobed; stamens inserted about the middle of the corolla tube; filaments straight, glabrous; anthers narrow, sagittate below, splitting along their full length; ovary surrounded by an annular fleshy disk; style filiform; stigma subcapitate.

fruit a berry, succulent, red or white; seeds compressed, rugulose.

Distribution:  About 22 species from South America.

Biology: No text

Author: Prepared by D. E. Symon