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Zehneria capillacea

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(Schumacher) C. Jeffrey

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Shrubland
• thicket edges
• forest
• coastal

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Apr
• Dec

Monoecious liana or twining herb with tendrils, lobed & toothed leaves to 75mm diameter scabrid & pilose above. Solitary & axillary male & female white to cream flowers, in same axil, corolla to 2mm diameter. Green fruits turning red 10mm diameter

Further References

• Mobot
• Welw
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA