8569.000 Corallocarpus
Keraudren-Aymonin, M. (1975) Cucurbitaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles
Description of the genus
Climbing, or rarely prostrate, monoecious herbs. Leaves simple. Tendrils simple. Flowers yellowish. Male flowers in subsessile to pedunculate congested axillary clusters; corolla lobes small, (0.7 - 2 mm long), shortly united below; stamens 5. Female flowers solitary or clustered, axillary; ovary smooth, developing a cup-shaped base; perianth as in male flowers; stigma 2(-3)-lobed. Fruits small, red, often beaked, circumscissile near the persistent base. Worldwide: 13 species in tropical Africa, Madagascar and India Zimbabwe: 4 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| bainesii (Hook. f.) A. Meeuse | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
| boehmii (Cogn.) C. Jeffrey | N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| triangularis Cogn. [DD] | S | Description |
| wildii C. Jeffrey | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
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Flora of Mozambique: Corallocarpus
Flora of Rwanda: Corallocarpus
Flora of Zambia: Corallocarpus
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CorallocarpusBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Corallocarpus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Corallocarpus
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Corallocarpus
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Wikipedia: Corallocarpus