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Peponium vogelii

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(Hooker f.) Engler

Common Names

• Ormachangulului (Kimaasai)
• Mbwakabwaka (Kipare)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Seychelles
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge.

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Apr
• Jun
• Aug
• Sep

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Aug
• Nov
• Dec

Herbaceous vine or tendril liana with hairy stems, lobed leaves to 100mm across, with white dots above, pale yellow flowers,male axillary silitary flowers to 60mm long with calyx tuibe to 25mm long, calyx lobes to 12mm long, pale yellow or white pubescent petals, green fruits tinged orange & spotted pale green, densely hairy

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA