Coccinia

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Coccinia

Description

Herbaceous or (sub)woody perennial climbers, early glabrescent; Leaves: Flowers white (or creamy or orange, not in Malesia), petals fused into corolla-tube. Fruit ripening red, berry-like, ellipsoid (elsewhere globose), moderate of size, pericarp thin. Seeds numerous, (ovate-)elliptic, compressed, margin distinct, edge entire.

Distribution

Africa present, Asia-Tropical
A genus of c. 30 species mainly in Africa; in Malesia 1 species.

Citation

Cogn. 1881 – In: A.DC. & C.DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 528
C.Jeffrey 2001 – In: Hanelt, Mansfeld’s encycl. agric. hort. crops 3: 1529
W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes 2008 – In: Fl. Thailand: 423