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Corallocarpus schimperi

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(Naudin) Hooker f.

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Burundi
• Djibouti
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Gulf States
• India
• Iran
• Kenya
• Pakistan
• Rwanda
• Saudi Arabia
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Yemen
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Coastal

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Villous simple-tendril climber, hairy angular groved scabrous stems, 3-5 lobed leaves to 100mm diameter, tomentose both surfaces, toothed lobes, male racemes of minute greenish-yellow flowers, female flowers 1-20 flowered clusters in same axils as males, with tomentose ovary, beaked finely velvety red fruit to 16mm long

Further References

• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• BF
• FOTA