TROCHOMERIA MACROCARPA
Author:
Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1871
Family:
CUCURBITACEAE
Origin:
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Elevation:
Publisher:
Gen. S. Afr. Pl., ed. 2: 125 (1868)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
25-60 Centimetres
Height:
2,5 Meters
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Zehneria macrocarpa, Sonder, 1862.
Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. vitifolia, R.Fern. & A.Fern.
This member of the Cucurbitaceae family was given this name by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1871. It is found from Senegal to South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The large caudex can grow from 25 to 60 centimetres in diameter, the vines reach for two and a half meters. The flowers are tiny and green, the fruits red.
The genera name is derived from two Greek words, trochos; 'a wheel' and meris; 'a part'. The connection to the plant is rather obscure; perhaps the long, narrow corolla lobes look like the spokes of a wheel? The species name for the large fruits.
Flower
Green
Soil
Grit - Mix
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium
