Coccinia schliebenii
Harms
CucurbitaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It has been recorded at 800 m above sea level.
Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A pumpkin family vine. It grows 12 m long. The stems are brownish-green. They are angular. The tendrils divide into 2. The leaves are broadly oval or heart shaped. They have 5 triangle lobes. The leaves are 8-24 cm long by 8-28 cm wide. The male flowers are in groups of 2-4 and the female flower occurs singly. The fruit are red and cylinder shaped. They are 9 cm long and 3 cm wide.
Names & Synonyms
Mdalla, Moroich, Ncauedi
Coccinia calophylla Harms
References (2)
- GBIF
- Holstein, N., 2015, Monograph of Coccinia (Cucurbitaceae). PhytoKeys 54: 1–166
