7. Holmbergia Hicken

Holmbergia Hicken, Apuntes Hist. Nat.l: 65 (1909); Scott Feddes Repert.89: 1-12 (1978).

Climbing shrub. Flowers clustered in leaf axils or arranged in a terminal spike, unisexual; perianth lobes 5, persistent in fruit; ovary globose; stigmas 2. Fruit a spongy berry; seeds vertical; embryo annular; radicle centrifugal. One sp., H tweedii (Moq.) Hicken ex Speg.,

Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina.