Acanthosicyos naudinianus (Sond.) C. Jeffrey

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Records of this taxon from all countries are shown in the table below. Cases where the taxon is native, naturalised, possibly planted or definitely planted are all listed.

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Record number No of images Record date Recorder(s) Coll. Det. Conf. Herbaria Habitat Location Loc code(s) Outing code Planted code Country QDS Grid ref. FZ Div Alt. (m) Notes Lat Long Loc Acc Code
9259908 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
On sandy riverbankKwando River0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C4 9617
9234406 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Wooded grassland on kalahari sandC49 in Mudumu National Park, turn off to Lianshulu Lodge2050Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823A2 9567
9238906 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Roadside vergeC49 South of Mudumu National Park0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B1 9477
9246306 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Mixed open woodland and wooded grassland on alluvial soilsEntrance road to Nkasa Lupale N.P.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B3 9487
9215605 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed roadside vergeC8, about 32 km West of Katima Mulilo0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C1 9577
9223315 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed roadside vergeC8 about 82 km West of Katima Mulilo0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723D3 9637
9194004 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Secondary woodland, disturbedC49 to Linyanthi / Chichimane0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C3 9327
9200604 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed area next to roadC49 to Linyanthi / Chichimane0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1824A1 9357
9202304 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed area next to roadC49 to Linyanthi / Chichimane0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1824A1 9377
9209004 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Roadside vergeC49 to Linyanthi / Chichimane0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B2 9337
9212004 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Mixed woodlandD3527 Turn-off to Dzoti Conservancy0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823B4 9417
9167802 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Grassy depression in woodlandKatima Mulilo area0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724A4 9447
9171102 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Roadside in mixed woodlandRoad to Katima Mulilo0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C2 9447
9173502 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Roadside in mixed woodlandKatima Mulilo area, near APL power plant0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C1 9547
9178332 Feb 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
RoadsideRoad from Katima Mulilo to Zambian border, sideroad0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724A3 9417
91434131 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Next to road in disturbed areaB8 to Ngoma, Bukalo0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D1 9337
91552031 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Dense dry deciduous woodlandB8 to Ngoma0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 9317
91115228 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed roadside verge on Kalahari sandB8 road through Bwabwata0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821B1 10337
91129028 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed roadside verge on Kalahari sandB8 road through Bwabwata0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821B2 10257
91152028 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed roadside verge on Kalahari sandB8 road through Bwabwata0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A1 10167
91157028 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed roadside vergeB8 road through Bwabwata at Omega0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1822A1 10077
91177028 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed roadside verge and woodland on kalahari sandB8 road through Bwabwata0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C4 10016
91185028 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed roadside verge and woodland on kalahari sandB8 road through Bwabwata, near Chetto0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D3 9947
91192028 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed roadside verge and woodland on kalahari sandB8 road through Bwabwata0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D4 9916
91203028 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed roadside verge and woodland on kalahari sandB8 road through Bwabwata0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C3 9897
91220028 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed roadside verge and woodland on kalahari sandB8 road through Bwabwata0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C4 9866
91225028 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed roadside verge and woodland on kalahari sandB8 at Kongola0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C4 9857
91234028 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Disturbed roadside verge and woodland on kalahari sandB8 c. 70 km West of Katima Mulilo0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723D4 9617
91284028 Jan 2018BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
Mixed woodland on kalahari sandB8 c. 17 km West of Katima Mulilo0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724C1 9467
2683607 Jan 2010MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
Open sandy roadside verge in Kalahari sand woodlandBy road from Main Camp to Sinamatella, Hwange NP50Zimbabwe1826D3 W10700
2685507 Jan 2010MA Hyde
BT Wursten
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Sandy roadside vergeBy road from Main Camp to Sinamatella, Hwange NP50Zimbabwe1826D3 W10700
2666026 Jan 2010MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
Open sandy groundNear railway line by road to Hwange NP, Main Camp0Zimbabwe1826D2 W1080Prostrate stems, grey leaves. In flower.0
2663815 Jan 2010MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
Woodland on Kalahari sand Hwange NP, on loop from Main Camp through Dopi Pan50Zimbabwe1826D4 W10600
93127024 Jan 2005H Haufiku
H Haufiku
37
S Schubert
WIND

Caprivi: Mukwe District.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C4 1033Notes: Shrub. Stem very green, twiner, erect. Leaves elliptic single in one petiole. Flowers yellow, small 5 petals. Fruits round. On plain in sandy soil along the roadside.5
93067020 Jan 2005MM Hochobes
MM Hochobes
1123
S Schubert
WIND

Caprivi: Caprivi Game Park; side road going to Angola border, from main road Divundu-Kongola.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722C3 1062Herb; Notes: Procumbent herb, with rough surface, very hairy along the veins. Fruit: a cucumber armed with horns.5
94985019 Jan 2005S Kruger
S Kruger
74
S Schubert
WIND

Okavango, Rundu District0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A1 1086Creeper; Notes: Substrate creeper. Leaves lobed with undulate margins, covered in bristle hair on both surfaces. Short tendrils at axils and short roots which holds branches to soil surface. Flowers light yellow, 5 petals and 5 sepals which is small and green and covered with dense bristle hair. Flowers in leaf axils. Fruit round to elliptic and horned. Found in well-drained sandy soil next to road.2
80795016 Mar 1996B Luwiika
B Luwiika
285
S Bodine
B Luwiika
MO

Mongu District; In the Miulwe Plain, 44.5 km E of Mongu town on south side of Mongu-Lusaka Road. 0Zambia B1110A runner; approx. 2 m long; stems light green with soft white hairs; leaves dark green abaxially and adaxially; bracts light green; petals, stigma and anthers yellow; fruits dark green with hard/tough spines, yellow inside.0
8079402 Mar 1996DK Harder
DK Harder
3646
S Bodine
MO

Collected from mavunda thickets on white, quartz Kalahari sand and in open woodland. Kaoma District; ca. 5 km along road to Luampa Hospital from intersection with Lusaka-Mongu Roads. 0Zambia1424D3 B1080Common, prostrate vine among grasses; leaves and shoots pale green; fruit juicy; pale yellow-green flesh, light orange around seeds. "Cucumber" scent to flesh.5
93296024 Apr 1994GL Maggs
L Guarino
GL Maggs
1047
WIND

Caprivi: West Caprivi: 41,5 km from Kongola to Bagani along 'Golden Highway' B8.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D4 0Creeper; Notes: Vigorous creeper, growing on fine, grey sand in disturbed area on road verge. Also found in adjoining Aristida/Hyparrhenia grassland. Only male flowers seen, no fruits. Insect pollinators collected for identification. Locally abundant. Some individuals with leaves grey-green, prostrate; others deeper in bush with leaves yellow-green, upright, less incised.5
9554102 Dec 1990GL Maggs
GL Maggs
892
GL Maggs
WIND

Caprivi: Lisalimezi.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1823A2 0Creeper; Notes: Mopane woodland. Armed creeper, profuse. Leaves 7-palmate, densely hirsute. Ethnobotanical specimen: Sikoko (Lozi). Not eaten by Lozi people; Kha (Kwe) fruits eaten but tubers poisonous..2
93727014 Feb 1985JA Potgieter
JA Potgieter
59
WIND

Caprivi: Mahango Game Park.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1723C4 0Creeper; Notes: Creeper. Flower yellow inside, green outside. Sandy loam. Occur mainly on old fields.5
95040014 Jun 1971JWH Giess
JWH Giess
11370
JWH Giess
WIND

Okavango, Rundu District: Mahango field at Dw Omuramba, north-west of Divundu, 19 km south of Andara.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1821A2 02
18065416 Feb 1956H Wild
H Wild
4764
SRGH

Kalahari sand under Terminalia and Acacia spp.Hwange Game Reserve. Dett Rd.50Zimbabwe W9200

Total records found: 43



Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Records of: Acanthosicyos naudinianus.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species-display.php?species_id=157150, retrieved 26 April 2024

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