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Cucumis anguria

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Botswana
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Natal
• Northern Provinces - South Africa
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Open to scrubby areas
• thickets
• coastal

Flowering Times

• Feb-Mar (Angola)

Fruiting Times

• Feb-Mar (Angola)

Herbaceous annual simple tendril vine to 3m, climbing or creeping with angled scabrid stems, unisexual 30mm yellow flowers solitary or in axillary fascicles, hispid calyx, ovary with stiff prickles, berryt to 100mm long, ovoid, pale green aging cream with spiny protuberances, leaves scabrid above, scabrid & hispidulous beneath to 100mm long with 5-7 lobes

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Huxley 1992
• Rubatzky 1997
• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• FOTA
• FOPE