Jeffrey, C. (1978) Cucurbitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4
Keraudren-Aymonin, M. (1975) Cucurbitaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles
Scandent herbs, stems becoming woody when old, usually arising from perennial tuberous rootstock. Leaves simple, petiolate. Tendrils apically 2-fid. Flowers small, brownish, dioecious, ± zygomorphic. Male flowers in paniculoid axillary fascicles. Receptacle-tube broad, shallow, lobes small. Petals 5, free, unequal. Female flowers solitary or few-fasciculate; ovary trigonous; ovules several, pendulous; perianth similar to that of male flowers. Fruit an obconic-cylindric, trigonous capsule, dry, brownish, dehiscent by an apical slit. Seeds elongated, narrow, with an apical membraneous wing. Worldwide: 5 species in tropical and southern Africa. DRC: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| lobatus (Cogn.) C. Jeffrey | VI,VII | Description, Image |
| paniculatus (Mast.) Cogn. | IV |