| Cucumis metuliferus E. Mey. ex Naudin |
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| Family : CUCURBITACEAE |
| Protologue : Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique ser. 4 11 (1859) |
| Information on the genus : Cucumis |
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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) Heterotypic |
| =Cucumis tinneanus Kotschy & Peyr. |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Annual climbing or trailing herb with a woody rootstock. |
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| Ecology : |
Deciduous woodland and bushland, wooded grassland, grassland; river sides; semi-evergreen forest; ± 100-1800 m alt. – Sometimes cultivated. Botswana, S. Africa, Namibia; Yemen. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
annual-Herb, Climber- Ht 0.5 - 3 m. Alt: 210 - 960 m. Distribution: BOT, NAM, KN, LP, MP, SWZ |
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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 :
- Food plants of Zimbabwe : 4 (1986).
Bibliography other :
- Flow. Pl. Africa 63: 56-64. pl. 2289 (2013)
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under chg |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°26074 modified 2007-04-04 |
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