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Coccinia adoensis
Coccinia adoensis
- Botanic Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Author
- (Hochstetter ex A. Richard) Cogniaux
Common Names
- Itungata Kinyaturu
- Ndandala (Kisafwa)
- Sikima
- Edaldalakisin (Bokora)
- Mutkuru (Kiluo)
- Nyatunduguwoge (Kokwaro)
- Mlushi (Kipare)
- Tandandala (Kisafwa)
- Lutetere (Kisagara)
- Mugwingwi (Nhungoé)
- Sephu (Sotho)
- Entatakh (Tigrinya)
- Entota (Tigrinya)
- Tshiphu (Tshivenda)
- Bawiriokoro (Zande)
Geographical Habitats
- Angola
- Botswana
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- S. Chad
- SE. Congo
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- Kenya
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- N. Namibia
- N. Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Natal
- Northern Provinces
- Orange Free State - South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zaire
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Natural Habitats
- Forest edge
- treed savanna
- woodland
- shrubland
Flowering Times
- Jan-May & Aug-Dec (Ethiopia)
Fruiting Times
Pubescent perennial herbaceous tendril vine to 6m, angled furrowed densely hairy stems. 3-7 lobed toothed coriaceous leaves to 135mm x 160mm, hispid both surfaces, simple or rarely bifid tendrils. Racemes with bracts to 2mm. 75mm yellow-orange flowers, male inflorescence 5-6 flowers with hispid calyx with lobes to 3mm long, salmon-pink, orange or maroon corolla to 16mm x 16mm with lobes to 5mm, solitary female flowers similar. Green beaked fruits striped white, turning orange-red with white or yellowish dots to 70mm x 15mm.
Fruits edible (disputed), roots used as food & cooked leaves
Further References
- Menninger 1970
- Mobot
- NHN
- The Plant List 2
- FOTA
- Phyto-Keys