Momordica anigosantha Hook. f.

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Catapu, Sofala.

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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial climber with prostrate or scandent stems up to 3 m long. Tendrils 2-fid. Leaves compound, pedately 3-7-foliolate; leaflets ovate or elliptic, unlobed with a somewhat sandpapery surface and finely dentate margins; median leaflet largest, 3.5-11 cm long; lateral leflets smaller, asymmetric at the base. Flowers unisexual on different plants; petals unequal, lower 3 larger than upper 2, cream or yellow with an orange mark at the base. Male flowers c. 4 cm wide, in several to many-flowered axillary inflorescences; female flowers solitary, slightly smaller than male. Fruit fusiform, 4.5-6.5 cm long, beaked, with 8 longitudinal rows of tuberles, bright orange or red when ripe, splitting into 3 valves.
Notes:	Please note that the specimen in the photos appears to have some deeply 5-lobed leaves but these belong to a different plant, a species of Corallocarpus, intertwined with it.
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Habitat:	In forest and bush.
Altitude range:	Up to 600 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique.
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z,MS
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Content last updated:	Thursday 5 April 2012
Literature:	Jeffrey, C. (1978). Cucurbitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 426. Jeffrey, C. & Fernandes, R.B. (1986). 80. Cucurbitaceae Flora de Moçambique Junta de Investigaçoes de Ultramar, Centro de Botanica Pages 21 - 22.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Momordica anigosantha
African Plant Database: Momordica anigosantha
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Momordica anigosantha
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Momordica anigosantha
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Momordica anigosantha
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