Canephora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, indigenous to Madagascar.
The name Canephora, 'basket bearer', refers to both the flattened peduncle topped by a 'hollowed apex bearing flowers' and to the ritual office for unmarried young women in ancient Greece, as bearer of a sacred basket full of offerings during processions at festivals.Canephora is unique in Rubiaceae in having peduncles transformed into flattened, green axes called phylloclades.Canephora madagascariensis has ...