Cucumis kelleri
(Cogn.) Ghebret. & Thulin
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. In Somalia it grows between 175-300 m above sea level.
Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia,
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 climbing plant. It is softly woody and loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are oval and can have lobes. The fruit are oval and 1.3 cm long by 0.6 cm wide.
Names & Synonyms
Anexo, Honguran, Oowaiho
Cucumella kelleri (Cogn.) C. JeffreyOreosyce kelleri Cogn.
References (1)
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
