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Male
flower.
Female flower.
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This member of the Cucurbitaceae
family comes from southern Africa. First described by Benth &
Hooker, and then by William Henry Harvey in 1867. Well-drained soil with some water an
not too much sun. The caudex can grow up to 1,5 meter, and the vines more
than 10 meters. As seen on the photos, both male and female flower are
brown. I got mine from Botanical Garden, Copenhagen in 2001.
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A name spelled in many ways: Gerrardanthus macrorhizus, macrorhiza, macrorrhizus, macrorrhiza. Seen other spellings as well. First description should be
in: Bentham & Hooker, Gen. Pl. 1: 840, 1867, and that is with one
"r". It is "bad Latin", but never the less the correct name.
Latin name from Greek: Big Foot!
It seems like some
of them just root underneath. Some sort of fungus you just
can't avoid. Those who have it will survive, but the caudex will loose
it originally look.
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