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Synonyms: |
Citrullus naudinianus (Sond.) Hook. f. Colocynthis naudinianus (Sond.) Kuntze Cucumis naudinianus Sond. |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Prostrate perennial herb, growing from a tuberous rootstock. Tendrils modified into weak spines. Leaves usually deeply palmately 5-lobed, with lanceolate lobes which are more or less irregularly lobed or toothed again, cordate at the base, softly to roughly hairy on both surfaces, particularly on the veins. Flowers solitary, axillary, sexes on different plants, yellow to white. Fruit ellipsoid to almost round, 6-12 cm long, blue-green, turning pale yellow when ripe, covered in bristle-tipped spines. |
Type location: |
Transvaal |
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Habitat: | On sandy soils in dry woodland and grassland. |
Altitude range: | 900 - 1350 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,S |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | S,W |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 163. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 236. (Includes a picture). Jeffrey, C. (1978). Cucurbitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 433 - 435. (Includes a picture). 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. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 52. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 205. |
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