Momordica boivinii Baill.

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Greystone Park NR, Harare

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Tributary of Kame River, by road to Khami Ruins

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C. 4 km east of Madziwa Mine

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Synonyms:	Raphanistrocarpus boivinii (Baill.) Cogn. Raphanocarpus boivinii (Baill.) Chiov.
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Description:	Perennial climber with prostrate or scandent stems up to 7.5 m long, growing from a tuberous rootstock. Tendrils simple. Leaves 1.5-7.5 cm long, ovate in outline, unlobed or shallowly 3-5 lobed, somewhat roughly hairy, deeply cordate at the base; margin with sinuate teeth. Flowers unisexual on the same plant; male flowers in pedunculate 2-8-flowered clusters; female flowers solitary; yellow to deep orange, paler on the outside. Fruit narrowly spindle-shaped, 2.5 - 10 cm long green with cream stripes, yellow when ripe.
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Derivation of specific name:	boivinii: named after Louis Hyacinthe Boivin (1808-1852), a French botanical collector in East Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarenes.
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Worldwide distribution:	From Ethiopia to Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-natal, South Africa and West to Namibia and Angola.
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Literature:	Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 90 - 91. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 39. Jeffrey, C. (1978). Cucurbitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 427 - 428. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 38. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 53. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 74.

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