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Kedrostis foetidissima

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(Jacquin) Cogniaux

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Chad
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Kenya
• Mali
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Somalia
• Cape Provinces
• Free State
• Natal
• Nothern Provinces - South Africa
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Yemen
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Sandy shrubland
• hedgerows.

Flowering Times

• Apr
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Apr
• May
• Dec

Scandent or prostrate glabrous or sparsley hairy foetid perennial climbing herb or creeper with simple tendrils, caudiciform fleshy root, furrowed stems. Scabrous toothed villous leaves to 75mm long. Axillary solitary small pubescent pale yellow flowers, monoecious or dioecious white to yellow-green flowers, minute male flowers in axillary racemes or pairss, female flowers solitary. 22mm beaked deep red pubescent fruit to 25mm long with tapered point clothed with long numerous hairs.

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• NHN
• Welw
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• Botanicus
• FOTA
• J.S. Gamble
• BF