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Zehneria longepedunculata

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Identification
Zehneria longepedunculata Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family CUCURBITACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Zehneria scabra (L.f.) Sond. [family CUCURBITACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Zehneria longepedunculata
  • Zehneria scrobiculata
  • Zehneria scabra
  • Melothria scrobiculata

Flora

Entry for ZEHNERIA scrobiculata Hochst. [family CUCURBITACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 521, (1871) Author: (By Mr. J. G. Baker.)
Names
ZEHNERIA scrobiculata Hochst. [family CUCURBITACEAE], in Schimp. Pl. Abyss.; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 287.
ZEHNERIA longepedunculata Hochst. ex Herb. Franqueville [family CUCURBITACEAE]
Bryonia scrobiculata Hochst. [family CUCURBITACEAE], Pl. Schimp. 164 & 927.
Information
Monœcious. Stem glabrous or with spreading hairs, tips and petioles often tomentose. Leaves ovate-cordate, 2–3 in. long, green, basal sinus broad, open, scabrid above, pilose or subtomentose beneath, obtuse, apiculate, entire or slightly 3-lobed, acutely coarsely toothed; petiole shorter than the blade. Male fl.: Very numerous, fascicled, peduncles 1/8– 1/4 in. long. Calyx narrow-campanulate, 1/8 in. long. Female fl.: Fascicled. Ovary ovoid. Berry globose, 1/3 in. diameter, smooth or pitted on the surface. Seeds 1/6 in. long, lenticular, border faintly thickened.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Dillon! Schimper! Plowden, Schweinfurth! 841 (and 838, a more glabrous form.Fernando Po Upper Guinea alt. 3000 ft., Mann! A form with more deeply lobed leaves.
Notes
Dr. Welwitsch's 862, without flower or fruit, may be a perfectly glabrous form of this, or Z. lucida (Pdogyne, Naud).

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