Coccinia barteri (Hook. f.) Keay

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Near camp site, Chirinda Forest

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By path from carpark to Big Tree, Chirinda Forest

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Nyabamba Bridge, Chimanimani District

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Synonyms:	Physedra barteri (Hook. f.) Cogn. Physedra heterophylla Hook, f. Staphylosyce barteri Hook. f.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Robust tendrilous perennial climber with stems up to 15m. Leaves very variable, more or less broadly ovate in outline, up to 16 × 20 cm, unlobed and 3-5-angles to deeply palmately 3-5 lobed, dark glossy green, sometimes with distinctly paler yellow veins, leathery, scabrid-punctate but hairless except for fine hairs on the veins above; base more or less weakly cordate; margin with small widely spaced sinuate teeth. Tendrils 2-fid. simple. Inflorescences unisexual on differen plants; male flowers in stout, 3-25-flowered racemes; female flowers in short, denser 2-12 flowered racemese, rarely solitary. Corollas similar, rich yellow to orange, bell-shaped with a slightly swollen tube c. 2 cm long and apiculate lobes. Fruit ellipsoid, up to 4 × 2.5 cm, smooth, red, usually in racemose clusters, rarely solitary.
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Habitat:	In evergreen forest.
Altitude range:	700 - 1200 m
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Worldwide distribution:	From Senegal to Sudan and southwards to Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Mozambique distribution:	MS
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 8 February 2012
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 14. Jeffrey, C. (1978). Cucurbitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 443 - 445. (Includes a picture). Jeffrey, C. & Fernandes, R.B. (1986). 80. Cucurbitaceae Flora de Moçambique Junta de Investigaçoes de Ultramar, Centro de Botanica Pages 45 - 46. 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 44. misspelled as C. baiteri Reekmans, M. (1983). Cucurbitaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume II Page 478. Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 73.

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