Erect or climbing perennial herbs or shrubs, sometimes succulent (quadrangularis); tendrils leaf-opposed or 0. Stipules present. Leaves simple (in ours), lobed or digitately 3-7-foliolate. Flowers 4-merous, bisexual, in leaf-opposed or terminal cymes. Fl. bud conic, not constricted at the middle. Disk annular, entire or lobed. Seeds 1(-2). Derivation of name: From the Greek, kissos, meaning ivy. Worldwide: c. 200 species in tropical and warm areas. Botswana: 3 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| cornifolia (Baker) Planch. | N,SE | Description, Image |
| quadrangularis L. | Description, Image | |
| rotundifolia (Forssk.) Vahl | Description, Image |