Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M. Roem.

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Vunduzi River below Bunga Ranger Camp, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.

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Synonyms:	Bryonia cordifolia L. Bryonia scabrella L. Coccinia cordifolia (L.) Cogn. Cucumis maderaspatanus L. Melothria maderaspatana (L.) Cogn. Mukia scabrella (L.) Arn.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Prostrate or climbing herb. Stems, leaves and tendrils with rough, whitish hairs. The leaves are variable, broadly ovate to triangular or palmately 3(-5) lobed, margin serrate. Flowers small, yellow in axillary clusters. Fruit globose, 6-11 mm in diameter, smooth and hairless, green with paler stripes when young, bright red when ripe.
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Derivation of specific name:	maderaspatana: from the Madras region of India
Habitat:	A climber of damp places in woodland, grassland and riverine margins.
Altitude range:	166 - 1500 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Throughout the Old World Tropics including New Guinea and Australia.
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z,MS,M
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Content last updated:	Tuesday 16 June 2015
Literature:	Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 245. (Includes a picture). Jeffrey, C. (1978). Cucurbitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 475 - 477. (Includes a picture). 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. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 45. Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 78 - 79. (Includes a picture). Reekmans, M. (1983). Cucurbitaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume II Page 466. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 53.

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