Keraudren-Aymonin, M. (1975) Cucurbitaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles
Climbing, or rarely prostrate, monoecious herbs. Leaves simple. Tendrils simple. Flowers yellowish. Male flowers in subsessile to pedunculate congested axillary clusters; corolla lobes small, (0.7 - 2 mm long), shortly united below; stamens 5. Female flowers solitary or clustered, axillary; ovary smooth, developing a cup-shaped base; perianth as in male flowers; stigma 2(-3)-lobed. Fruits small, red, often beaked, circumscissile near the persistent base. Worldwide: 13 species in tropical Africa, Madagascar and India DRC: 3 taxa. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| epigaeus (Rottler) Hook.f. | VIII,IX | |
| schimperi (Naudin) Hook.f. | IX | |
| welwitschii (Naudin) Hook.f. | I |