KEDROSTIS FOETIDISSIMA
Author:
Célestin Alfred Cogniaux, 1881
Family:
CUCURBITACEAE
Origin:
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Elevation:
Publisher:
Cogn. (1881). In: DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 634.
Collection number:
placeholder
Thickness:
10-15 Centimetres
Height:
2 Metres
Propagate:
Seeds/Cuttings
CITES:
Synonyms:
Might be: Melothria foetidissima, Guy Edouard Roberty, 1954.
Trichosanthes foetidissima, Nicolaas Joseph von Jacquin, 1788.
Bryonia rostrata, Rottl.1803.
Bryonia perrottetiana, Nicolas Charles Seringe, 1828.
Cyrtonema divergens A. Rich. 1847.
Show more (18)
Zehneria obtusiloba Sond. 1862.
Rhynchocarpa foetida, Charles Baron Clarke.
Kedrostis rostrata, Célestin Alfred Cogniaux, 1881.
Pepo foetidissima, Nathaniel Britton, 1913.
Kedrostis obtusiloba, Cogn. 1916. Melothria louisii, Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, 1943.
Aechmandra rostrata, Arn.
Bryonia foetidissima, Schumach.
Bryonia obtusiloba, E.Mey.
Bryonia perrottetiana, Ser.
Bryonia pilosa, Roxb.
Bryonia prostrata, D.Dietr.
Cyrtonema convolvulaceum, Hochst.
Cyrtonema foetens, Hochst. ex Hook.f.
Melothria foetida, Desr.
Melothria obtusiloba, Cogn.
Rhynchocarpa foetida, Schrad.
Rhynchocarpa foetidissima, Walp.
Rhynchocarpa rostrata, Naudin.
The genera name from Greek kedrostis, 'white Bryony', the ancient name of a scrambling cucurbit. The species name means 'fault smell'. Apparently, the plant have a strong unpleasant scent when crushed. Hence the species name. Fruit by Roger and Alison Heath, Powo.science.kew.org.
Flower
Yellow
Soil
Mix
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium
