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Diplocyclos palmatus
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Photo: Mark Hyde
Makari, 19, Jenkinson Road, Chisipite
Photo: Mark Hyde
Makari, 19, Jenkinson Road, Chisipite
Photo: Mark Hyde
Makari, 19, Jenkinson Road, Chisipite
Photo: Mark Hyde
Makari, 19, Jenkinson Road, Chisipite
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| Synonyms: |
Bryonia palmata L. |
| Common names: | Red-striped cucumber (English) |
| Description: | Scandent herb, up to 6 m. Leaves: lamina 4-14 × 4-15 cm, deeply palmately 5-lobed, broadly ovate in outline, cordate, minutely rough above or bristly on the veins beneath, otherwise glabrous; petiole prickly. Male flowers 2-8, usually sharing an axil with 1-4 female flowers. Corolla white to greenish-yellow; lobes 6-9 mm long. Female flowers: ovary 4-5 mm long. Fruits subglobose, 1.5-2.5 cm long, solitary or in clusters of 2-5, bright red with silvery white longitudinal stripes. |
| Notes: | The plant is grown for ornamental purposes but the fruit is NOT edible. |
| Derivation of specific name: | palmatus: palmate, like a hand |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Old World tropics from S. Tomé and Fernando Po east to Australasia |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Image last updated: | Tuesday 7 February 2017 |
| Literature: |
Jeffrey, C. (1978). Cucurbitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 451 - 453. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 38. Reekmans, M. (1983). Cucurbitaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume II Page 479. (Includes a picture). |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Diplocyclos palmatusAfrican Plant Database: Diplocyclos palmatus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Diplocyclos palmatus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Diplocyclos palmatus
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Diplocyclos palmatus
JSTOR Plant Science: Diplocyclos palmatus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Diplocyclos palmatus
Plants of the World Online: Diplocyclos palmatus
Tropicos: Diplocyclos palmatus
Wikipedia: Diplocyclos palmatus
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