Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Prostrate or climbing, monoecious or dioecious, herbs. Flowers white, cream, yellow or orange. Male flowers often with a prominent bract. Petals 5, free. Stamens 3, two 2-thecous, one 1-thecous or less often 2, one 3-thecous and the other 2-thecous. Female flowers solitary. Stigma 3-lobed. Fruit tuberculate, spiny, winged or ribbed, rarely smooth.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Momordica Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1440
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
