CUCUMIS HIRSUTUS
Author:
Otto Wilhelm Soender, 1862
Family:
CUCURBITACEAE
Origin:
Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Elevation:
Publisher:
Sond. (1862). In: Harv. & Sond., Fl. Cap. 2: 497.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
?
Height:
2,5 Meters
Propagate:
Seeds/Cuttings?
CITES:
Synonyms:
Cucumis gossweileri, C.Norman
Cucumis seretioides Suesseng, 1951.
Cucumis sonderi Cogn, 1881.
Cucumis welwitschii Cogn, 1898.
Cucumis seretii, De Wild, 1909.
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Cucumis wildemanianus, Cogn. 1916.
Cucumis homblei, Cogn. 1916.
Cucumis seretioïdes, Suesseng. 1951.
The genera name from Latin; cucumis; 'cuecumber'. The species name from Latin; hirsute; 'covered with long, moderately stiff and not interwoven hairs'. Photo by B.T. Wursten, Zimbabweflora.co.zw.
Flower
White - Cream - Pale Yellow - Yellow
Soil
Mix
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium
