RAFFLESIACEAE

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 75

XLV. RAFFLESIACEAE ( CYTINACEAE ) 1

Perennial herbs without chlorophyll, parasitic on the roots of other plants. Flowers unisexual. Perianth consisting of a single, more or less petaloid whorl. Ovary inferior; fruit a berry.