Cucurbitaceae

Bambekea Cogn.

First published in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 115 (1916)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa.

Descriptions

Cucurbitaceae, C. Jeffrey. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1967

Morphology General Habit
Climbers
Morphology Leaves
Leaves simple
Morphology General Tendrils
Tendrils proximally bifid
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers of moderate size, yellowish, dioecious Female flowers racemose; ovary ± ellipsoid; ovules many, horizontal; receptacle-tube short and broad; staminodes 5, subulate Male flowers racemose, ± shortly pedicellate, with a coaxillary rather longer-pedicellate flower arising from the base of the raceme; buds practically spherical; receptacle-tube very short; lobes small; petals 5, entire, free; stamens 5, all 1-thecous, free; filaments inserted on the receptacle-tube; thecae triplicate, ± contorted
sex Male
Male flowers racemose, ± shortly pedicellate, with a coaxillary rather longer-pedicellate flower arising from the base of the raceme; buds practically spherical; receptacle-tube very short; lobes small; petals 5, entire, free; stamens 5, all 1-thecous, free; filaments inserted on the receptacle-tube; thecae triplicate, ± contorted
sex Female
Female flowers racemose; ovary ± ellipsoid; ovules many, horizontal; receptacle-tube short and broad; staminodes 5, subulate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit and seeds unknown.
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Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0