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Mukia maderaspatana
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Near the end of Fenella Drive, Monavale Vlei
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near the end of Fenella Drive, Monavale Vlei
Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
10, Sims Road, Mt Pleasant, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
10, Sims Road, Mt Pleasant, Harare
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| Synonyms: |
Bryonia cordifolia L. Bryonia scabrella L. Coccinia cordifolia (L.) Cogn. Cucumis maderaspatanus L. Melothria maderaspatana (L.) Cogn. Mukia scabrella (L.) Arn. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Prostrate or climbing herb. Stems, leaves and tendrils with rough, whitish hairs. The leaves are variable, broadly ovate to triangular or palmately 3(-5) lobed, margin serrate. Flowers small, yellow in axillary clusters. Fruit globose, 6-11 mm in diameter, smooth and hairless, green with paler stripes when young, bright red when ripe. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | maderaspatana: from the Madras region of India |
| Habitat: | A climber of damp places in woodland, grassland and riverine margins. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Throughout the Old World Tropics including New Guinea and Australia. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 245. (Includes a picture). Jeffrey, C. (1978). Cucurbitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 475 - 477. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 38. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 45. Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 78 - 79. (Includes a picture). Reekmans, M. (1983). Cucurbitaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume II Page 466. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 53. |
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