TROCHOMERIA POLYMORPHA
Author:
Célestin Alfred Cogniaux, 1881
Family:
CUCURBITACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Cogn. (1881). In: DC. Monogr. Phan. 3: 401.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
1,5-4 Centimetres
Height:
20-100 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds/Cuttings
CITES:
Synonyms:
Heterosicyos polymorpha, Welw.1871.
Heterosicyos stenolobus, Welw. 1871.
Trochomeria stenoloba, Cogn. 1881.
Trochomeria bussei, Gilg. 1904.
Trochomeria brachypetala, R. E. Fries, 1916.
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Trochomeria brachypetala var. foliata, R. Fernandes, 1959.
Trochomeria bussei var. tripartita, R. Fernandes, 1959.
Trochomeria multiflora, R. Fernandes, 1959.
Trochomeria polymorpha var. stenoloba, R. & A. Fernandes, 1692.
Trochomeria teixeirae, R. & A. Fernandes, 1969
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 means 'many forms'. Photo by Warren McCleland, Africanplants.senckenberg.de.
Flower
Greenish - Yellow
Soil
Sand - Mix
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium
