Coccinia barteri (Hook. f.) Keay

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Near camp site, Chirinda Forest

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By path from carpark to Big Tree, Chirinda Forest

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Nyabamba Bridge, Chimanimani District

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Synonyms:	Physedra barteri (Hook. f.) Cogn. Physedra heterophylla Hook, f. Staphylosyce barteri Hook. f.
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Frequency:	Locally frequent
Status:	Native
Description:	Robust tendrilous perennial climber with stems up to 15m. Leaves very variable, more or less broadly ovate in outline, up to 16 × 20 cm, unlobed and 3-5-angles to deeply palmately 3-5 lobed, dark glossy green, sometimes with distinctly paler yellow veins, leathery, scabrid-punctate but hairless except for fine hairs on the veins above; base more or less weakly cordate; margin with small widely spaced sinuate teeth. Tendrils 2-fid. simple. Inflorescences unisexual on differen plants; male flowers in stout, 3-25-flowered racemes; female flowers in short, denser 2-12 flowered racemese, rarely solitary. Corollas similar, rich yellow to orange, bell-shaped with a slightly swollen tube c. 2 cm long and apiculate lobes. Fruit ellipsoid, up to 4 × 2.5 cm, smooth, red, usually in racemose clusters, rarely solitary.
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Habitat:	In evergreen forest.
Altitude range: (metres)	700 - 1200 m
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Worldwide distribution:	From Senegal to Sudan and southwards to Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Zimbabwe distribution:	E
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 8 February 2012
Literature:	Jeffrey, C. (1978). Cucurbitaceae FZ 4 Pages 443 - 445. (Includes a picture). Jeffrey, C. & Fernandes, R.B. (1986). 80. Cucurbitaceae Flora de Moçambique Pages 45 - 46. 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. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 44. misspelled as C. baiteri

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African Plant Database: Coccinia barteri
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Coccinia barteri
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Coccinia barteri
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Coccinia barteri
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Coccinia barteri
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Coccinia barteri
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West African Plants database: Coccinia barteri