Keraudren-Aymonin, M. (1975) Cucurbitaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles
Lianes. Tendrils 2-fid. Leaves compound, pedately 3-7-foliolate. Male flowers many, in racemes. Female flowers solitary; stigma 3-lobed. Petals 2-3.5 cm, large, purplish, fringed with filaments. Fruit large, 30 - 90 cm, ribbed, ellipsoid with base lobed and expanded. Seeds large, broadly ovate to ± circular, flattened. Worldwide: 3 species in the tropics DRC: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| occidentalis Hook.f. | II,IV,VI | |
| pedata (Sims) Hook. | IV | Description, Image |