| Author: | Célestin
Alfred Cogniaux, 1881 |
| Family: |
CUCURBITACEAE |
| Origin: |
Angola,
Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Chad,
Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique,
Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,
Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen,
Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
10-15 Centimetres |
| Height: |
2 Metres |
| Flower:
|
Yellow |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
Chunane,
Holobido, Angwe, Kanuke, Ziizi, Tetirigi Kitel, Monkey
Pebber |
| Synonyms: |
Might be: Melothria foetidissima,
Guy Edouard Roberty, 1954.
Trichosanthes foetidissima, Nicolaas Joseph von Jacquin,
1788.
Bryonia rostrata, Rottl.1803.
Bryonia perrottetiana, Nicolas Charles Seringe, 1828.
Cyrtonema divergens A. Rich. 1847.
Zehneria
obtusiloba Sond. 1862.
Rhynchocarpa foetida,
Charles Baron Clarke.
Kedrostis
rostrata, Célestin Alfred Cogniaux, 1881.
Pepo
foetidissima, Nathaniel Britton, 1913.
Kedrostis obtusiloba, Cogn. 1916. Melothria louisii,
Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, 1943.
Aechmandra rostrata, Arn.
Bryonia foetidissima, Schumach.
Bryonia obtusiloba, E.Mey.
Bryonia perrottetiana, Ser.
Bryonia pilosa, Roxb.
Bryonia prostrata, D.Dietr.
Cyrtonema convolvulaceum, Hochst.
Cyrtonema foetens, Hochst. ex Hook.f.
Melothria foetida, Desr.
Melothria obtusiloba, Cogn.
Rhynchocarpa foetida, Schrad.
Rhynchocarpa foetidissima, Walp.
Rhynchocarpa rostrata, Naudin. |
This Monoecious member of the
Cucurbitaceae family was
given this name by Célestin Alfred Cogniaux in 1881. It is found in
most of Africa and the Arab peninsular. It is growing in a well drained soil
with some water and some sun. The vines reach two metres, and the
caudex can grow to ten or even fifteen centimetres in diameter. The
flowers are yellow, the small fruits red.
The genera name from Greek
kedrostis, 'white Bryony', the ancient name of a scrambling
cucurbit. The species name means 'fault smell'.
Apparently, the plant have a
strong unpleasant scent when crushed. Hence the species name.
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