| Author: | Célestin
Alfred Cogniaux, 1881 |
| Family: |
CUCURBITACEAE |
| Origin: |
Eastern +
Western Cape; South Africa |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
30 Centimetres |
| Height: |
250 Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Pale
Yellow |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
Dwarf
Kedrostis, Porcupine Potato, Ystervarkpatat, Dawidjieswortel |
| Synonyms: |
Bryonia
nana, Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de Lamarck.
Coniandra mollis, Otto Wilhelm Sonder.
Coniandra
thunbergii Otto Wilhelm Sonder.
Kedrostis angulata,
Henri Georges Fourcade.
Kedrostis mollis, Célestin
Alfred Cogniaux.
Kedrostis velutina, Célestin Alfred
Cogniaux.
Melothria hederacea, Célestin Alfred
Cogniaux.
Kedrostis nana var. schlechteri,
A. Meeuse = Kedrostis schlechteri Cogn.
Kedrostis nana var. zeyheri, A.
Meeuse = Coniandra zeyheri Schrad. and Kedrostis
zeyheri Cogn. |
This member of the Cucurbitaceae family was given this name by
Célestin Alfred Cogniaux in 1881. It is found
in Eastern and Western Cape in South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with
some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to 30
centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to two and a half meter in
height. The
flowers are pale yellow.
The genera name from Greek
kedrostis, 'white Bryony', the ancient name of a scrambling
cucurbit. The species name means 'a dwarf'. Can't be the caudex! |
