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Cucumis hirsutus

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

Sonder

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Botswana
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Congo
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Cape Provinces
• Natal
• Northern Provinces - South Africa
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed vegetation
• coastal
• thickets.

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Feb

Herbaceous dioecious perennial hirsute tendril climber with tuberous roots, angular hairy stems, yellow flowers, male flowers to 25mm diameter, hairy calyx, solitary female flowers with hairy ovary, hairy green mottled white fruits to 40mm diameter, decumbent or climbing, 3-5 lobed denticulate leaves to 125mm long hairy both surfaces

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Welw
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA