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Coccinia hirtella

Botanic Family
Cucurbitaceae
Author
Cogniaux

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Perennial climber or creeper with stems to 3m covered in white hairs. 5-lobed leaves toi 100mm x 110mm with serrate margins, bracts to, simple or bifid tendrils. Male flowers solitary or on a few-flowered raceme with bracts to 2mm, calyx to 6.5mm, yellow to irange corolla to 37mm long with lobes to 20mm. Orange to red fruit 60mm x 30mm.

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