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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. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Diplocyclos palmatusAfrican Plant Database: Diplocyclos palmatus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): 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
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Tropicos: Diplocyclos palmatus
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