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Genus: Coccinia
Life
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> Order: Cucurbitales > Family: Cucurbitaceae
About 30 species,
29 of which are only found in Africa, and one with a wider distribution in
the Old World. 11 species are native to southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of
Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
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Coccinia adoensis
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Coccinia barteri
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Coccinia grandiflora
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Coccinia grandis
Recorded from Mozambique.
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Coccinia hirtella |
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Coccinia palmata |
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Coccinia quinqueloba |
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Coccinia rehmannii
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Coccinia senensis
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
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Coccinia sessilifolia |
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Coccinia variifolia |
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Publications
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Jeffrey, C. 1978. Cucurbitaceae. Flora
Zambesiaca 4: 414-499.
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Meeuse, A.D.J. 1962. The Cucurbitaceae of
southern Africa. Bothalia 8: 1-111.
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