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Gerrardanthus tomentosus

Gerrardanthus tomentosus
Common names: hairy gerrardanthus
Family: Cucurbitaceae

26 / 04 / 2021 | Buyisiwe Dlwati | CREW
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Coccinia rehmannii

Coccinia rehmannii
Common names: wild cucumber (Eng.); wilde komkommer (Afr.); kgaba, kubjana, mogakangwaga, oro, otjinaga, mmadigônyane (Tsw.); uselwa-lwenyoka (Zul.)
Family: Cucurbitaceae

... South Africa twice. Coccinia rehmannii belongs in the Cucurbitaceae, also known as pumpkin, cucumber or gourd ...

16 / 03 / 2020 | Khululwa Mfondini | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Citrullus lanatus

Fruits
Common names: tsamma melon, wild watermelon (Eng.); bitterboela, bitterwaatlemoen, karkoer (Afr.); t'sama (Khoisan); makataan (Tswana)
Family: Cucurbitaceae

... be recognized by its large fruit which is unique in the Cucurbitaceae of southern Africa and also by the dense ...

26 / 12 / 2011 | M Welman | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Cucumis metuliferus

Cucumis metuliferus fruit
Common names: African horned cucumber, jelly melon, kiwano (Eng.); rooi-agurkie, rooikomkommer (Afr.); mokapana (Tswana)
Family: Cucurbitaceae

... meaning a small pyramid, and ferus, meaning bearing. The Cucurbitaceae family consists of about 120 genera and 735 ...

10 / 08 / 2009 | M Welman | Pretoria NBG
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Trochomeria macrocarpa

Ripe fruit
Common names: bobbejaankomkommer (Afr.)
Family: Cucurbitaceae

... of bracts at the base of the leaf stalks. The family Cucurbitaceae consists of about 120 genera and 735 species ...

20 / 03 / 2006 | M Welman | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Lagenaria siceraria

Lagenaria siceraria
Common names: bottle gourd, calabash (Eng.); kalbas (Afr.); moraka (North Sotho); segwana (Tswana); iselwa (Xhosa, Zulu)
Family: Cucurbitaceae

... which is useful when it is mature and dry ( siccus ). The Cucurbitaceae consists of about 120 genera and 735 species ... of the bitter form. (As with other members of the Cucurbitaceae, e.g. Cucumis africanus , some plants of L. ...

06 / 06 / 2005 | M Welman | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Momordica cardiospermum

Green fruits and leaves
Common names: bitter gourd (Eng.); inshubaba (siSwati); ntwe (seTswana)
Family: Cucurbitaceae

... flowers, male ones, as is the rule among the monoecious Cucurbitaceae, appear in late spring or early summer. Female ... the traveller's joy. M. cardiospermoides is unique in the Cucurbitaceae in southern Africa in having compound leaves.  Cucurbitaceae consists of about 120 genera and 735 species ...

23 / 05 / 2005 | M Welman | Pretoria NBG
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Kedrostis hirtella

Green fruits forming
Common names: bobbejaankomkommer (Afr.); mogakangwaga (Tswana)
Family: Cucurbitaceae

... for white bryony, Bryonia dioica , another member of the Cucurbitaceae, indigenous to the Mediterranean area ( Jackson ... previously known as K. natalensis (Hook.f.) A.Meeuse. The Cucurbitaceae consists of about 120 genera and 735 species ...

21 / 03 / 2005 | M Welman | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Cucumis africanus

Fruits
Common names: wild cucumber, wild gherkin (Eng.); wilde agurkie, doringkomkommertjie (Afr.); monyaku (Pedi); mthangazana (Xhosa); isende-lenja, uselwa-lwemamba (Zul
Family: Cucurbitaceae

... Naudin is regarded as a synonym of C. africanus . The Cucurbitaceae consists of about 120 genera and 735 species ...

14 / 03 / 2005 | M Welman | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Momordica balsamica

Flowers and green fruit
Common names: balsam pear (Eng.); laloentjie (Afr.); mohodu (Sotho); nkaka (Thonga); intshungu, intshungwana yehlathi (Zulu)
Family: Cucurbitaceae

... to one of the medicinal uses of this plant. More about the Cucurbitaceae family can be found on the Lagenaria sphaerica ...

20 / 12 / 2004 | M Welman | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Lagenaria sphaerica

Lagenaria sphaerica
Common names: wild calabash (Eng.); wildekalbas (Afr.); iselwa-makhosi, uselwa (Zulu)
Family: Cucurbitaceae

... known as L. mascarena Naudin and Luffa sphaerica Sond. The Cucurbitaceae consists of about 120 genera and 735 species ...

01 / 11 / 2004 | M Welman | National Herbarium Pretoria
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