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Coccinia rehmannii
... Africa twice. Coccinia rehmannii belongs in the Cucurbitaceae, also known as pumpkin, cucumber or gourd family, and contains ...
Citrullus lanatus
... can be recognized by its large fruit which is unique in the Cucurbitaceae of southern Africa and also by the dense yellowish to brownish ...
Cucumis metuliferus
... a small pyramid, and ferus, meaning bearing. The Cucurbitaceae family consists of about 120 genera and 735 species that are ...
Trochomeria macrocarpa
... of bracts at the base of the leaf stalks. The family Cucurbitaceae consists of about 120 genera and 735 species that are ...
Lagenaria siceraria
... is useful when it is mature and dry ( siccus ). The Cucurbitaceae consists of about 120 genera and 735 species that are ... presumably of the bitter form. (As with other members of the Cucurbitaceae, e.g. Cucumis africanus , some plants of L. siceraria ...
Momordica cardiospermum
... flowers, male ones, as is the rule among the monoecious Cucurbitaceae, appear in late spring or early summer. Female flowers appear on ... traveller's joy. M. cardiospermoides is unique in the Cucurbitaceae in southern Africa in having compound leaves. Cucurbitaceae ...
Kedrostis hirtella
... for white bryony, Bryonia dioica , another member of the Cucurbitaceae, indigenous to the Mediterranean area ( Jackson 1990). ... known as K. natalensis (Hook.f.) A.Meeuse. The Cucurbitaceae consists of about 120 genera and 735 species that are ...
Cucumis africanus
... Naudin is regarded as a synonym of C. africanus . The Cucurbitaceae consists of about 120 genera and 735 species that are ...
Momordica balsamica
... one of the medicinal uses of this plant. More about the Cucurbitaceae family can be found on the Lagenaria sphaerica page. ...
Lagenaria sphaerica
... mascarena Naudin and Luffa sphaerica Sond. The Cucurbitaceae consists of about 120 genera and 735 species that are ...