CORALLOCARPUS GLOMERULIFLORUS

This plant was found along Jatropha pelargoniifolia in Oman, and I didn't' notice! Alain Rzepecky was kind enough to advice me. Georg August Schweinfurth, 1895 CUCURBITACEAE Oman, Somalia, Yemen Grit - Mix Minimum Medium 8 Centimetres 30-100 Centimetres Yellow Seeds/Cuttings Gourd course Phialocarpus glomeruliflorus, Deflers, 1895. Rhynchocarpa courbonii, Deflers. Kedrostis glomeruliflora, C.Jeffrey.

This member of the Cucurbitaceae family was described by Georg August Schweinfurth and then given this name by Albert Deflers in 1895. It is found in Oman, Somalia and Yemen, growing in grit or an other well drained soil with little water and some sun. The stem can grow to eight centimetres in diameter and the entire plant reach a height of 30 centimetres or even one meter. The flowers are yellow.

The genera name from Latin; corallum; 'coral' and Greek; karpos; 'fruit' for the red fruits. The species name from Latin glomero; 'ball' or 'round' and florus; '-flowered.