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| Family : CUCURBITACEAE |
| Information on the genus : Coccinia |
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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 |
| =Coccinia ovifera Dinter & Gilg |
| =Coccinia rehmannii var. littoralis A. Meeuse |
| =*Coccinia palmata auct. sensu Meeuse, Bothalia 8 (1962) quoad specim. Earthy 1, non (Sond.) Cogn. |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Stem annual or perennial, slender, prostrate or scandent, arising from a large tuberous rootstock. |
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| Ecology : |
Wooded grassland, woodland and coastal dunes; 0-1000 m alt. Namibia, S. Africa, Botswana. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Herb, Climber- Ht 0.5 - 5 m. Alt: 5 - 1850 m. Distribution: BOT, NAM, EC, FS, GA, KN, LP, MP, NC, NW, SWZ |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Bothalia 3: 256 (1937).
- List South. African Succ. Pl. : 64 (1997).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Namibia photo from Kyffhauser |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°26237 |
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