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8585.000 Telfairia
Description of the genus
Lianes. Tendrils 2-fid. Leaves compound, pedately 3-7-foliolate. Male flowers many, in racemes. Female flowers solitary; stigma 3-lobed. Petals 2-3.5 cm, large, purplish, fringed with filaments. Fruit large, 30 - 90 cm, ribbed, ellipsoid with base lobed and expanded. Seeds large, broadly ovate to ± circular, flattened. Worldwide: 3 species in the tropics Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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Other sources of information about Telfairia:
Our websites:
Flora of Mozambique: TelfairiaFlora of Mozambique: cultivated Telfairia
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Telfairia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Telfairia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): TelfairiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Telfairia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Telfairia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Telfairia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Telfairia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Telfairia
JSTOR Plant Science: Telfairia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Telfairia
Plants of the World Online: Telfairia
Tropicos: Telfairia
Wikipedia: Telfairia
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