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Family : CUCURBITACEAE |
Information on the genus : Cucumis |
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Status
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Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Trailing or climbing herb to 2-3 m long; stems prickly, with prickles yellow-green, recurved, of varying degrees of stoutness, some fine and hair-like, some thorn-like; basal stems gnarled, thickened, whitish-barked, … |
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Ecology : |
thickened fleshy perennial rootstock. Bushland, wooded grassland, grassland; edge of gallery forest with Euphorbia, savanna; disturbed Juniperus forest; 1000- 2400 m alt. |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Drug Pl. Africa : 71 (1949).
- Checklist Flow. Pl. Sub-Saharan Africa : 253 (2006).
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More info on : |
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
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Record n°26085 |
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