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| Family : CUCURBITACEAE |
| Protologue : Suppl. Pl.: 423 (1782) |
| Information on the genus : Cucumis |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Cucumis hookeri Naudin (1870) |
| =*Cucumis arenarius Schrad. (1838) non Schumach. & Thonn. |
| =*Cucumis dipsaceus Wender. ex Steud. (1840) |
| =*Cucumis africanus var. echinatus Herm. (1698) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Annual or perhaps sometimes perennial herb, or at least sometimes developing a woody rootstock; stems prostrate or scandent, to ± 1 m long, developing a thin pallid bark when old. |
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| Ecology : |
Sandy and stony places; 330 m alt. Namibia, Botswana, S. Africa. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Herb- Length 0.5 - 2 m. Alt: 150 - 2115 m. Distribution: BOT, NAM, EC, GA, KN, LP, MP, NC, NW, WC |
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| Biol./Eco : |
Herb, Vine; distribution: Africa. |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Drug Pl. Africa : 71 (1949).
- Ethnobotany of the Kwanyama Ovambos : 68 (1985).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Namibia photo from Kyffhauser |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under Tropicos |
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| Record n°26054 |
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