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Trochomeria macrocarpa

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(Sonder) Harvey

Common Names

• Ndandala (Kisafwa)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Senegal
• Natal
• Northern Provinces - South Africa
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Riverside
• woodland
• shrubland

Flowering Times

• Sep
• Oct
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Jan

Liana or twining hairy creeper with simple tendrils, glabrous stems, very variable leaves pubescent both surfaces, digitately 5 lobed & toothed, yellow-green flowers to 31mm long, calyx tube to 12mm long x 3mm, corolla lobes 12mm long, male flowers with calyx tube to 32mm & lobes as long, beaked bright red fruit 60mm x 31mm

Further References

• Mobot
• FOTA
• The Plant List 2