Chascanum

Herbs or subshrubs. Leaves opposite-decussate, simple, lobed or pinnatipartite. Flowers in long terminal spikes or shorter spike-like racemes. Calyx tubular, conspicuous. Corolla white or yellowish, funnel- or salver-shaped.Stamens 4. Fruit a schizocarp, enclosed within the persistent calyx; mericarps 2, ribbed on the outer surface, 1-seeded, separating from or remaining united to each other.

Chascanum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Verbenaceae.

Its native range is Africa to India.

Species:

Chascanum adenostachyum (Schauer) Moldenke Chascanum angolense Moldenke Chascanum caespitosum (H.Pearson) Moldenke Chascanum cernuum (L.) E.Mey. Chascanum cuneifolium (L.f.) E.Mey. Chascanum elburense Thulin Chascanum garipense E.Mey. Chascanum gillettii Moldenke Chascanum glandulosum Thulin Chascanum hanningtonii (Oliv.) Moldenke Chascanum hederaceum (Sond.) Moldenke Chascanum hildebrandtii (Vatke) J.B.Gillett Chascanum humbertii Moldenke Chascanum hyderabadense (Walp.) Moldenke Chascanum incisum (H.Pearson) Moldenke Chascanum insulare Moldenke Chascanum integrifolium (H.Pearson) Moldenke Chascanum krookii (Gürke) Moldenke Chascanum laetum Fenzl ex Walp. Chascanum latifolium (Harv.) Moldenke Chascanum marrubiifolium Fenzl ex Walp. Chascanum mixtum Thulin Chascanum moldenkei (J.B.Gillett) Sebsebe & Verdc. Chascanum namaquanum (Bolus ex H.Pearson) Moldenke Chascanum obovatum Sebsebe Chascanum pinnatifidum (L.f.) E.Mey. Chascanum pumilum E.Mey. Chascanum rariflorum (A.Terracc.) Moldenke Chascanum schlechteri (Gürke) Moldenke Chascanum sessilifolium (Vatke) Moldenke Chascanum sulcatum Sebsebe Chascanum yemenense Sebsebe