Culcasia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to tropical Africa. Most of its species are climbers and resemble Cercestis, except that they do not produce flagella.
Species
- Culcasia angolensis <small>Welw. ex Schott</small> - western + central Africa from Senegal to Angola
- Culcasia annetii <small>Ntépé-Nyamè</small> - Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Liberia
- Culcasia bosii <small>Ntépé-Nyamè</small> - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville
- Culcasia brevipetiolata <small>Bogner</small> - Gabon
- Culcasia caudata <small>Engl.</small> - Zaïre
- Culcasia dinklagei <small>Engl</small> - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre
- Culcasia ekongoloi <small>Ntépé-Nyamè</small> - central Africa from Nigeria to Zaïre
- Culcasia falcifolia <small>Engl.</small> - central Africa from Gabon east to Tanzania and south to Mozambique
- Culcasia glandulosa <small>Hepper</small> - Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Congo-Brazzaville
- Culcasia insulana <small>N.E.Br.</small> - Zaïre, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands
- Culcasia lanceolata <small>Engl.</small> - Cameroon, Gabon
- Culcasia liberica <small>N.E.Br.</small> - Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo
- Culcasia linearifolia <small>Bogner</small> - Cameroon, Gabon
- Culcasia loukandensis <small>Pellegr</small> - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Central African Republic
- Culcasia mannii <small>(Hook.f.) Engl.</small> - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea
- Culcasia obliquifolia <small>Engl.</small> - Cameroon, Gabon
- Culcasia orientalis <small>Mayo</small> - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia
- Culcasia panduriformis <small>Engl. & K.Krause</small> - Cameroon, Gabon
- Culcasia parviflora <small>N.E.Br.</small> - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre
- Culcasia rotundifolia <small>Bogner</small> - Gabon
- Culcasia sanagensis <small>Ntépé-Nyamè</small> - Cameroon
- Culcasia scandens <small>P.Beauv.</small> - western + central Africa from Liberia to Angola
- Culcasia seretii <small>De Wild</small> - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre
- Culcasia simiarum <small>Ntépé-Nyamè</small> - western Africa from Ivory Coast to Cameroon
- Culcasia striolata <small>Engl.</small> - western + central Africa from Liberia to Congo-Brazzaville
- Culcasia tenuifolia <small>Engl.</small> - western + central Africa from Liberia to Zaïre
- Culcasia yangambiensis <small>Louis & Mullend.</small> - Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre
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