KEDROSTIS AFRICANA 1

This plant is sold at Winco with the name: Ibervillea sonorea. I just bought it under that name, and was later told it was K. a. I have no clue! Flower and fruits of Rikke's plant. 2,5-3 centimetres long. Around six weeks after flowering. Célestin Alfred Cogniaux, 1881 CUCURBITACEAE Namibia, South Africa Mix Maximum Minimum - Medium 50 Centimetres 6 Meters Yellow Seeds/Cuttings Baboon's Cucumber Bryonia africana, Linne Bryonia ciliata, Moench. Bryonia dissecta, Thunb. Bryonia grossulariifolia, E.Mey. Bryonia multifida, E.Mey. Bryonia pinnatifida, Burch. Coniandra africana, Sond. Coniandra digitata. Sond. Coniandra dissecta. Schrad. Coniandra glauca. Schrad. Coniandra grossulariifolia. E.Mey. ex Arn. Coniandra pinnatisecta. Schrad. Coniandra punctulata. Sond. Cyrtonema digitata. Schrad. Kedrostis digitata. Cogn. Kedrostis glauca, Cogn. Kedrostis grossulariifolia, C.Presl. Kedrostis punctulata, Cogn. Rhynchocarpa africana, Asch. Rhynchocarpa dissecta, Naudin. This monoecious member of the Cucurbitaceae was given this name by Célestin Alfred Cogniaux in 1881, and is found in Namibia and South Africa. It preferring well-drained soil, lots of water in the growing-period and some sun, but not necessary much. The small flowers are yellow, and it can also be reproduced by cuttings. The caudex can grow to 50 centimetres in diameter, and the vines reaches six meters. I have found most in forests.

The genera name from Greek kedrostis, 'white Bryony', the ancient name of a scrambling cucurbit. The species name as it originates from Africa. The should be the right plant from Mbuyu. RM 104. The female flower from a Winco plant. A Kedrostis fruit from the south coast of South Africa. After five years, the caudex on the seedling have reach 28 centimetres in diameter.