Corallocarpus welwitschii
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21 Feb 2018
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21 Feb 2018
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21 Feb 2018
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Full name: | Corallocarpus welwitschii (Naudin) Hook.f. ex Welw. |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | - |
| English common name(s): | Red-fruited climber |
| Synonym(s): | Corallocarpus congolensis Cogn. Corallocarpus gilgianus Cogn. Corallocarpus glaucicaulis Dinter & Gilg ex Dinter Corallocarpus scaber Dinter & Gilg ex Dinter fide Fl. Afr. Centrale Rhynchocarpa welwitschii Naudin |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Root fibrous; base of stem tumid perennial. Branches glabrous, stout and fleshy below, more slender and climbing above, geniculate at the nodes. Leaves ashy-grey, polymorphous, 1–4 in. broad, ovate-cordate in the lower part of the plant, more orbicular and palmately 3–5-lobed in the upper, lobes obovate-oblong or linear, acute, toothed, more or less scabridly pubescent or hispidly scabrid on both surfaces, sinus obtuse, basal rounded; petiole shorter than the blade, longest in young specimens and then sometimes papillose. Tendrils stout. Male fl.: Minute, crowded; peduncle stout, 0.5–1 in. Calyx urceolate. Corolla 1–16 in. diameter. Stamens short; anthers with short bifid points. Female fl.: Peduncles 1–2, in the same axils as the males, short. Ovary subcylindric, placentas 2; style cylindric, stigmas 2. Berry very shortly peduncled, 0.5– 0.75 in. long, subcylindric-oblong, apex rounded and mammillate. Seeds as in C. fenzlii. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora of Tropical Africa) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
