| Author: |
Otto Wilhelm Soender, 1862 |
| Family: |
CUCURBITACEAE |
| Origin: |
Sudan,
Cameroon, Zaire, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya,
Angola, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Madagascar,
Burundi, Congo, Malawi, Eswatini, Zaïre |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
? |
| Height: |
2,5
Meters |
| Flower:
|
White
-
Cream - Pale Yellow - Yellow |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings? |
| Names:
|
Chestnut
Cucumber |
| Synonyms: |
Cucumis gossweileri, C.Norman
Cucumis seretioides Suesseng, 1951.
Cucumis
sonderi Cogn, 1881.
Cucumis welwitschii Cogn, 1898.
Cucumis
seretii, De Wild, 1909.
Cucumis wildemanianus,
Cogn. 1916.
Cucumis homblei, Cogn. 1916.
Cucumis
seretioïdes, Suesseng. 1951. |
This dioecious member of the
Cucurbitaceae family was described by Otto Wilhelm Soender in 1862. It is found
in the wood- and grasslands of Sudan, Cameroon, Zaire, Zambia,
Tanzania, Kenya, Angola, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South
Africa, Burundi, Congo, Malawi, Eswatini, Zaïre and on Madagascar,
growing in open forests. It preferring a well drained soil with some
water and some sun. The rootstock grow large, and the vines will grow up to two and a half meters.
The flowers are from white over cream coloured to yellow.
The genera name from
Latin; cucumis; 'cuecumber'. The species name from Latin; hirsute;
'covered with long, moderately stiff and not interwoven hairs'. |
