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Cayaponia oppositifolia

Botanic Family
Cucurbitaceae
Author
Harms

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Natural Habitats

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Fruiting Times

Herbaceous liana with binate or ternate leaves to 180mm x 90mm, glabrous above & scabrous beneath, simple tendrils. Axillary staminate inflorescence, flowers with calyx tube to 40mm x 20mm with setaceous teeth to 3mm long, calyx green, green corolla to 20mm long with whitish edges. Tubular glabrescent green fruits becoming red to 30mm x 20mm.

Used as eye wash

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