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Coccinia rehmannii

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

Cogniaux

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• S. Angola
• Botswana
• S. Mozambique
• Namibia
• Cape Provinces
• Free State
• Natal
• Northern Provinces - South Africa
• Swaziland
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Dry deciduous woodland
• coastal dunes
• riverside
• woodlandm shrubland
• grassland
• semi-desert

Flowering Times

• Oct-Apr (South Africa)

Fruiting Times

• Jul

Herbaceous perennial climber or creeper to 4m with glabrous or hairy stems. 3-5 lobed leaves to 97mm x 166mm with denticulate margins, white pustulate above, glabrous beneath, occasionally with bracts to 3.5mm, simple tendrils. 1-3 flowered male racemesmay have bracts to 2.5mm, calyx lobes to 7mm, yellow-buff corolla to 25mm long with lobes to 112mm, solitary female flowers similar to male. Orange to red glabrous fruit to 62mm x 28mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• RSNRV
• Phyto-Keys