Male flower.
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Author: | Célestin
Alfred Cogniaux, 1895 |
Family: |
CUCURBITACEAE |
Origin: |
Angola,
Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa,
Zimbabwe |
Soil: |
Peat - Mix |
Water:
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Medium - Maximum |
Sun: |
Medium - Maximum |
Thickness: |
15
Centimetres |
Height: |
2-5 Meters |
Flower:
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Light
Yellow |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
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Synonyms: |
Coccinia ovifera, Dinter & Gilg.
Coccinia rehmannii
var. littoralis, Meeuse. (Coccinia palmata, Max
Joseph Roemer / Célestin Alfred Cogniaux?) |
This member of the
Cucurbitaceae family was given this name by Célestin
Alfred Cogniaux in 1895. It is found in north and
eastern tropical Africa from northern Ghana east to Sudan and south to
South Africa (Transvaal). It grows in forest and grassland,
receiving some to lots of sun and quite some water. The caudex can
grow to 15 centimetres, the vines will reach two or even five
meters.
The genera name from Latin coccineus,
meaning 'red' or 'scarlet' which must referee to the fruits. The
specific name after Anton Rehmann, 1840-1917,
Polish botanist and collector. |
Leaves are very variable:
Narrowly to broadly ovate or pentagonal
in outline, cordate, dark green, almost glabrous except on veins
to shortly pubescent or ± scabrid-punctate above, paler, ±
glaucous and almost glabrous to rather densely pubescent
beneath, unlobed or shortly to very deeply palmately 3–5-lobed,
the lobes ovate or triangular to elliptic, narrowly elliptic or
oblanceolate, subentire to strongly sinuate-dentate, sometimes ±
lobulate, acute to obtuse, rounded or sometimes retuse,
apiculate, the central largest. |
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