Roepera

Roepera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zygophyllaceae, subfamily Zygophylloideae. It is native to Australia and south-western Africa, from Angola to South Africa.

==Description== Species of Roepera are shrubs, subshrubs or herbaceous plants. The shrubby species may be up to tall. The leaves are opposite, with or without petioles, and have one or two leaflets. The flowers have four or five sepals, which persist in the fruit, and four or five petals of various colours. The eight to ten stamens usually have undivided appendages. The ovary has four or five locules (chambers). The fruit is usually a capsule, or more rarely a winged schizocarp. The seeds are mucilaginous and have a more-or-less well developed aril.