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| Synonyms: |
Corallocarpus sphaerocarpus var. scaberrimus Cogn. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herbs with annual prostrate or scandent, ridged stems up to 2 m long. Leaves palmately 3-5-lobed, more or less roughly hairy; margin almost entire to distinctly toothed or lobed. Flowers unisexual in axillary clusters, pale yellow or white. Fruit up to 13 × 9 mm in subsessile clusters of 1-6, ovoid, not or only slightly rostrate, minutely puberulous, red when ripe. |
| Notes: | No material of this speces (at all) found in SRGH on 27 June 2007. |
| Derivation of specific name: | triangularis: triangular |
| Habitat: | Occurring in dry Acacia woodland and scrub. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 300 - 1000 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Namibia and South Africa |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | S |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | Data deficient |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Wednesday 22 July 2009 |
| Literature: |
Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 179. Jeffrey, C. (1978). Cucurbitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 490 - 491. 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. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 52. |
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