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8628.000 Coccinia
Description of the genus
Dioecious climbing perennials. Tendrils simple or proximally 2-fid. Leaves simple, lobed. Flowers creamy-white to deep orange-yellow. Corolla 5-lobed. Stamens usually 3, usually all 2-thecous. Female flowers solitary or rarely racemose; ovary smooth; stigma 3-lobed. Fruit spherical, ellipsoid or oblong, red when mature. Style 1. Worldwide: 30 species in tropical and South Africa, one extending to Malesia Mozambique: 9 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| adoensis (A. Rich.) Cogn. | N,Z,T,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| barteri (Hook. f.) Keay | MS | Description, Image |
| fernandesiana C. Jeffrey | N,Z | |
| grandiflora Cogn. | MS | |
| grandis (L.) Voigt | M | |
| rehmannii Cogn. | GI,M | Description, Image |
| schliebenii Harms | N | |
| senensis (Klotzsch) Cogn. | T,MS | |
| subglabra C. Jeffrey | N |
Other sources of information about Coccinia:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: CocciniaFlora of Caprivi: Coccinia
Flora of Malawi: Coccinia
Flora of Zambia: Coccinia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Coccinia
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): CocciniaFlora Zambesiaca web site: Coccinia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Coccinia
Wikipedia: Coccinia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Coccinia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Coccinia
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