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Oreosyce africana

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

Hooker f.

Common Names

• Ishishira (Kirundi)
• Olesita (Kimasai)
• Kanghonko (Kipare-Mbaga)
• Itotwe la Nyoka (Kipare)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Botswana
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Equatorial Guinea
• Ethiopia
• Guinea
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Kenya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Rwanda
• Northern Provinces - South Africa
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Montane forest
• forest edge
• swamp edge
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Aug
• Nov

Fruiting Times

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

Large hispid herbaceous annual tendril liana with grooved angled scabrid stems to 3m. 3-5 lobed leaves to 100mm x 95mm, 75mm long, irregularly toothed lobes hairy both surfaces. Yellow hispid flowers, male flowers in fascicles of 1-6, with hispid calyx to 6mm long,pale yellow to orange corolla to 12mm diameter, lobes to 11mm long, female flowers with hispid ovary. Pale yellow-green to orange fruit with black pubescence & green or brown succulent prickles, 27mm x 21mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Engler
• FZ