Photo by
Paul Latham.
Male flower, photo from: Dr.
Gerald Carr.
Fruit, photo by
Paul Latham.
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| Author: | William Jackson
Hooker, 1827
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| Family: |
CUCURBITACEAE |
| Origin: |
Comoros, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
40
Centimetres? |
| Height: |
30
Meter |
| Flower:
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Pinkish-Purple
/ White |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
Oysternut,
Kweme,
Zanzibar Oil Vine, Castanha de Inhambane, Cungo, Cungua,
Cungua, Cungua, Dicungo, Lipeme, Meme, Oyster Nut, Umpeme,
Queen's Nut, Mkweme
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| Synonyms: |
Fevillea
pedata, Sims, 1827.
Telfaria africana, A: Chevalier,
1949.
Joliffia africana Bojer, 1827.
|
This dioecious member of
the Cucurbitaceae was
described by
William Jackson Hooker
in 1827.
It is found in the rainforests
of Comoros, Madagascar, Mozambique and Tanzania (and as a crop in i.e. Kenya,
Malawi, Mauritius), growing in a well drained soil with some water
and some sun. The vines will climb for up to 30 meters. The flowers
are pinkish-purple and white.
The genera is named after
Mr. & Mrs. Telfair, who grow the plant on their farm Bois Chery,
on Mauritius. Mrs. draw the plant for Hooker in 1826. The
species name means 'foot-like' |
Female flower, photo
by
Paul Latham. |
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