Author: | Joseph
Dalton Hooker,
1871 |
Family: |
CUCURBITACEAE |
Origin: |
Angola,
Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African
Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique,
Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, South Africa,
Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe |
Soil: |
Grit
- Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
25-60
Centimetres |
Height: |
2,5
Meters |
Flower:
|
Green |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
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- |
Synonyms: |
Zehneria
macrocarpa, Sonder, 1862.
Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. vitifolia,
R.Fern. & A.Fern. |
This member of the Cucurbitaceae
family was given this name by
Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1871. It is found from Senegal to
South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and
some sun. The large caudex can grow from 25 to 60 centimetres in diameter,
the vines reach for two and a half meters. The flowers are tiny and green,
the fruits red.The genera name is derived
from two Greek words, trochos; 'a wheel' and meris; 'a
part'. The connection to the plant is rather obscure; perhaps the
long, narrow corolla lobes look like the spokes of a wheel? The
species name for the large fruits.
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