| Synonyms: |
Coccinia roseiflora Suess. Momordica adoensis A. Rich. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial climber with annual stems, growing from a tuberous rootstock. Leaves extremely variable, from broadly ovate or pentagonal to deeply palmately 3-5 lobed, almost hairless, except for scattered hairs along the veins or shortly pubescent throughout; margins serrate. Tendrils simple. Flowers axillary, unisexual; male 4-20 together; female solitary. Corolla similar in both sexes, pale creamy yellow, salmon-pink or orange; lobes obovate, pointed, 1-3 cm long, united above the middle. Fruit ellipsoid-cylindric,often shortly beaked, surface smooth, orange-red, sometimes remaining greenish towards the base. |
| Type location: |
Syntypes from Ethiopia |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | adoensis: from Aden, Arabia |
| Habitat: | Woodland and grassland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1900 m |
| Flowering time: | Oct - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tropical Africa from Ghana east to Sudan and south to South Africa |
| FZ divisions: | B,N,W,C,E,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,N,E,Lk,S,W |
| Growth form(s): | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 29 April 2012 |
| Literature: |
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