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Filed as Cucumis pustulatus Naudin ex Hook.f. [family CUCURBITACEAE]

Date Updated: 31 October 2007

Herbarium
Swedish Museum of Natural History Department of Botany (S), S07-15200
Collection
Herbarium Specimens
Resource Type
Specimens
Collector
Polhill, R.M.; Paulo, S., #758
Collection Date
1961/11/14
Locality
Coast: Sabaki, 4 miles north of Malindi, Kilifi District
Country
Kenya (Kenya)
Collection altitude
6m
Identifications
Cucumis pustulatus Naudin ex Hook.f. [family CUCURBITACEAE] (stored under name); Verified by Kirkbride, J.H.Jr., 1990 Cucumis figarei Delile ex Naudin [family CUCURBITACEAE]
Notes
[Text as on label:][Printed label:]Sabaki, 4 ml. N. of Malindi, Kilifi Dist., Kenya. 20 ft.Cucumis. Prostrate or scrambling over other vegetation. Corolla of male flowers yellow with green veins and throat; anthers yellow with green appendages. Female flowers similar with pale green stigmas. Fruits yellowish when ripe, obovoid-oblong, up to 3 x 2 in.Abandoned cultivations, sandy soil with scattered Adansonia, Lannea, Sterculia, Acacia and many shrubs.Polhill and Paulo 758. 14.11.61.[Secondary label:]Ex Herbario KewensiDepartment of Technical Co-operation East African Expedition: 1961-2[determination]KENYA: Kilifi DistrictR. Polhill andS. Paulo No. 758 14.11.1961 null
Pages
1
Data last modified
2007-11-01
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