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Trochomeria macrocarpa ssp .vitifolia

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(Hooker f.) R.& A. Fernandes

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Sudan
• Togo
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• woodland
• wooded grassland

Flowering Times

• Aug
• Sep
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

Herbaecous simple tendril vine, glabrous stems, 3-5 lobed coarsely toothed leaves glabrous above, hairy beneath with stipular bracts, male flowers solitary or paired in fascicles up to 13 flowers, calyx tube to 12mm x 3mm, corolla lobes 12mm long, inflorescences 160mm long, petals to 55mm greenish-yellow to lemon yellow sometimes with a reddish tinge, female flowers to 31mm long usually solitaryon 18mm stalks, fruit scarlet to 60mm x 31mm

Further References

• Jstor
• Welw
• FZ
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA