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Synonyms: |
Kedrostis boehmii Cogn. |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Perennial herbs with annual prostrate or scandent, bristly-hairy stems, up to 2 m long. Leaves shallowly to deeply palmately 3-5-lobed, densely hairy on both surfaces, cordate at the base; margin with small spread-out teeth. Flowers in axillary clusters; male flowers on a long pedicel; female flowers sessile, cream to greenish-yellow. Fruit in subsessile clusters, up to 10-15 mm long, ellipsoid, not or slightly rostrate, densely hairy, bright red when ripe. |
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Derivation of specific name: | boehmii: after Richard Böhm (1854-1884), a German plant collector in Tanzania in 1882. |
Habitat: | In woodland, grassland and thickets, often on rocky outcrops and termite mounds. |
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Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Thursday 29 March 2018 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 10. Jeffrey, C. (1978). Cucurbitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 491. 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. |
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