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Momordica cabrae

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(Cogniaux) C. Jeffrey

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Scrubland
• forest edge
• pondside
• secondary bushland
• disturbed forest
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Jun

Fruiting Times

Tendril climbing herb becoming woody with age, twining, slender angular faintly scabrid stems, toothed bristly leaves to 125mm long, yellow or white with a yellow centre flowers, male flowers with 2-winged calyx with lobes to 6mm long, corolla 25mm long, fruit 60mm diameter crowned with permanent calyx lobes to 25mm

Further References

• APD
• Jstor
• Mobot
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA