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Kedrostis leloja

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(Forsskal ex J.F. Gmelin) C. Jeffrey

Common Names

• Mtunda-nyoka (Kiswahili)
• Leloja (Arabia)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Botswana
• Cameroon
• Chad
• Djibouti
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• Senegal
• Somalia
• Cape Provinces
• Natal
• Northern Provinces - South Africa
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Yemen
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Lake shore

Flowering Times

• Feb

Fruiting Times

• Nov

Tuberous rooted twining climber or trailer, bristly & hairy, with bifid tendrils, striated mealy stems. 3-lobed leaves. Monoecious, male flowers to 160mm long in racemes, pale greenish-white or greenish-yellow petals, solitary female flowers, petals to 6mm long, glabrous orange-red fruit 90mm long x 26mm

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• Jstor