8628.000 Coccinia
Keraudren-Aymonin, M. (1975) Cucurbitaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles
Description of the genus
Dioecious climbing perennials. Tendrils simple or proximally 2-fid. Leaves simple, lobed. Flowers creamy-white to deep orange-yellow. Corolla 5-lobed. Stamens usually 3, usually all 2-thecous. Female flowers solitary or rarely racemose; ovary smooth; stigma 3-lobed. Fruit spherical, ellipsoid or oblong, red when mature. Style 1. Worldwide: 30 species in tropical and South Africa, one extending to Malesia Zimbabwe: 5 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| adoensis (A. Rich.) Cogn. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| barteri (Hook. f.) Keay | E | Description, Image |
| grandiflora Cogn. | E | |
| rehmannii Cogn. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| senensis (Klotzsch) Cogn. | N |
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