Deguelia species distribution in Brazil Seventeen brazilian Deguelia species are distributed into two sections, based on morphological characters, specially the number of eggs in the ovary: Deguelia sect. Multiovulis A.M.G. Azevedo comprises five species containing 7-15 eggs per ovary: Deguelia costata (Benth.
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