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Momordica cissoides

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

Planchon ex Bentham

Common Names

• Mobunja (Bambindjere)
• Gbofu (Anii)
• Voyi (Cotafon
• Adja)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Roadside
• forest edge
• fencelines
• thickets
• forest
• hedges

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• Jun
• Sep
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Apr

Dioecious almost glabrous climbing or trailing tendril vine with 3-foliolate leaves with lateral lobes, largest leaflet to 125mm long puberulous above.Female axillary umbels of white flowers with purple stripes at base subtended by a leafy bract, axillary male inflorescence with a toothed bract, calyx to 12mm long, corolla to 25mm diameter white with black eye, female flower solitary with bracts. Orange fruits to 50mm long with long soft dense prickles.

Further References

• Mobot
• Welw
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• FWTA
• Traditional Vegetables in Benin