Helinus
(from helinos, a tendril; in reference to its climbing habit). ORD. Rhamneae. A genus comprising two or three species of climbing shrubs, natives of Abyssinia and South Africa. Flowers umbelled. Leaves alternate, entire, cordate. Branches slender, angular. H. ovatus is a greenhouse shrubby climber; it requires rich, sandy loam, and plenty of pot room. Increased by seeds; and by half-ripened cuttings, placed in sand, in gentle heat.
H. ovatus (ovate). fl. greenish, in umbels. l. stalked, suborbicular, mucronate, feather-nerved. Branches irregular; tendrils spiral. Natal, 1862.