Corallocarpus boehmii (Cogn.) C. Jeffrey
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Kutsaga, Harare
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Kutsaga, Harare
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Kutsaga, Harare
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Cleveland Dam, Harare
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25, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare
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B8 to Ngoma
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B8 to Ngoma
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Along D3508 Kalimbeza road
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B8 to Ngoma
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B8 to Ngoma
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Along D3508 Kalimbeza road
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B8 to Ngoma
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Synonyms:
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Kedrostis boehmii Cogn.
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Perennial herbs with annual prostrate or scandent, bristly-hairy stems, up to 2 m long. Leaves shallowly to deeply palmately 3-5-lobed, densely hairy on both surfaces, cordate at the base; margin with small spread-out teeth. Flowers in axillary clusters; male flowers on a long pedicel; female flowers sessile, cream to greenish-yellow. Fruit in subsessile clusters, up to 10-15 mm long, ellipsoid, not or slightly rostrate, densely hairy, bright red when ripe. |
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Derivation of specific name:
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boehmii: after Richard Böhm (1854-1884), a German plant collector in Tanzania in 1882. |
Habitat:
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In woodland, grassland and thickets, often on rocky outcrops and termite mounds. |
Altitude range: (metres) |
1000 - 1470 m |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Widespread in tropical Africa |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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N,W,C,S |
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Endemic status:
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Spot characters:
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Images last updated: |
Wednesday 22 July 2009 |
Literature:
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Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 10.
Jeffrey, C. (1978). Cucurbitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 491.
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.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2024).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Corallocarpus boehmii. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=157110, retrieved 29 March 2024
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