Corallocarpus boehmii (Cogn.) C. Jeffrey |
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Family : CUCURBITACEAE |
Information on the genus : Corallocarpus |
Basionym : Kedrostis boehmii Cogn. |
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Status
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Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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Synonym(s) Homotypic |
Kedrostis boehmii Cogn. |
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Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
=*Cucumis prophetarum auct. sensu F.W.T.A. quoad spec. cit. Dalziel 123, non L. |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Climbing or trailing perennial, slender herb; stems to 2-5 m long arising from a tuber, with furrowed papery bark; when old, like the rootstock, with rough bark. |
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Ecology : |
Deciduous woodland, grassland, often in thickets on termitemounds or rock outcrops; fallow land on sandy-clayey soil; 1000-1500 m alt. Caprivi Strip. |
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Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Herb, Climber- Ht 0.5 - 2 m. Alt: 1000 - 1100 m. Distribution: NAM |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- List South. African Succ. Pl. : 65 (1997).
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More info on : |
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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