Keraudren-Aymonin, M. (1975) Cucurbitaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles
Climbing dioecious or monoecious herbs with simple leaves. Tendrils simple. Flowers small, white, becoming cream or yellowish-green with age. Male flowers solitary or in raceme- or umbel-like axillary clusters; corolla 5-lobed; stamens 2-3(-4), all 2-thecous; disk elevated and free from the receptacle-tube. Female flowers in similar inflorescences to the male; ovary smooth, glabrous to pubescent; staminodes often present, 3; disk annular. Fruit a berry, usually red and glabrous. Worldwide: 30 species in the tropics of the Old World Angola: 8 taxa. |
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| Species | Provinces | Content |
| angolensis Hook.f. [End] | CN,CS,HI,MA,NA | |
| capillacea (Schumach.) C.Jeffrey | CA,LN | |
| keayana R.Fern. & A.Fern. | CA | |
| marlothii (Cogn.) R. Fern. & A. Fern. | CC,CU,HI | Description, Image |
| minutiflora (Cogn.) C. Jeffrey | MA | Description, Image |
| racemosa Hook.f. [End] | BE,BI,CC,CSHA,HI,MA | |
| scabra (L.f.) Sond. subsp. scabra | CS | Description, Image |
| tridactyla (Hook. f.) R. & A. Fern. | BE,BO,CN,UI | Description, Image |