Cucurbitaceae
Blastania

Blastania cerasiformis (Stocks) A.Meeuse

First published in Bothalia 8: 12 (1962)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa to NW. India. It is a climbing annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Angola

Native to:

Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Maryland

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Renner, S.S. & Pandey, A.K. (2013). The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences. PhytoKeys 20: 53-118.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter E-F: 1-50919. [Cited as Ctenolepis cerasiformis.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Andersen, J.S. (1977). Flora Iranica 123: 1-14. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(1): 1-85. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2015). Flora of North America North of Mexico 6: 1-468. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1978). Flora Zambesiaca 4: 1-658. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Llewellyn, O.A., Hall, M., Miller, A.G., Al-Abbasi, T.M., Al-Wetaid, A.H., Al-Harbi, R.J. & Al-Shammari, K.F. (2011). Important plant areas in the Arabian peninsula: 4. Jabal Aja. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68: 199-224.
  • Meena, S.L. (2012). A checklist of the vascular plants of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India. Nelumbo 54: 39-91.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Plants for Health

  • "World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)"
  • US-FDA GSRS (2025)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Letouzey, R. [7189] Cameroon Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213049 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B.; Abdisalam Sheikh Hassan [5008] Somalia Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213064 Yes
Phiri, P.S.M. [2118] Zambia Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213112 Yes
Mhoro, E.B. [6147] Tanzania Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213087 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F5688] Zambia Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213107 Yes
Pfund, J. [153] Sudan Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213055 Yes
Davey, J.T. [140] Sudan Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213042 Yes
Sherif, I.M. [A2880] Sudan Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213057 Yes
Friis, I.; Abebe, W.; Ermias Getachew [15366] Ethiopia Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213061 Yes
Peyre de Fabrégues, B. [2082] Nigeria Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213048 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [11291] Tanzania Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213076 Yes
Chase, N.C. [2780] Mozambique Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213095 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [255] Ethiopia Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213050 Yes
Prince, S.D. [426] Zambia Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213109 Yes
Wingfield; Mhoro; Mwangoma [3834] Tanzania Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213088 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B7014] Sudan Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213056 Yes
Davies, R.M. [1242] Zimbabwe Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213114 Yes
Friis, I.; Abebe, W.; Ermias Getachew [15389] Ethiopia Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213060 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F5751] Zambia Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213108 Yes
Chase, N.C. [2780] Mozambique Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213099 Yes
Pfund (Dr.) [66] Sudan Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213053 Yes
Wild, H. [2460] Zimbabwe Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213115 Yes
Smith, P.A. [2371] Botswana Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213127 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [A190] Sudan Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213058 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [5340] Zimbabwe Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213118 Yes
Mott, P.J. [671] Botswana Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213122 Yes
Kirk, J. [5] Mozambique Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213102 Yes
Wild, H. [4062] Zimbabwe Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004116102 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [14085] Tanzania Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213090 Yes
Lugard, E.J. (Mrs.) [174] Botswana Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213128 Yes
Evans, J. [394] Botswana Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213121 Yes
Menyhart [645a] Mozambique Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213098 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Assefa Hailu; Yitbarew, B. [11655] Ethiopia Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213062 Yes
Ehrenberg, C.G. [188] Eritrea Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213051 Yes
Grosvenor, R.K. [545] Zambia Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213119 Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Kenya Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213067 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [5546] Zimbabwe Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213116 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [100] Ethiopia Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213063 Yes
Rawlins, S. [843] Kenya Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213071 Yes
Evens, J. [394] Botswana Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213124 Yes
Mavi, S. [1360] Zimbabwe Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213117 Yes
Schweinfurth (Dr) [s.n.] Sudan Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213052 Yes
Latilo, M.G. [FHI62790] Nigeria Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213045 Yes
Kuntze, C.E.O. [s.n.] Mozambique Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213100 Yes
Bjørnstad, A. [1415] Tanzania Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213091 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [13931] Tanzania Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213089 Yes
de Koning. J. [7708] Mozambique Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213094 Yes
Chisumpa, S.M. [464] Zambia Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213111 Yes
Peter, G.A. [46640] Tanzania Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213078 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [9881] Sudan Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213040 Yes
Kirk (Dr) [s.n.] Mozambique Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213101 Yes
Lock, J.M. [80/4] Sudan Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213059 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. (Dr.) [118] Nigeria Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213047 Yes
Robertson, S.A. [6712] Kenya Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213070 Yes
Thulin, M.; B. Mhoro [727] Tanzania Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213093 Yes
s.coll. [6140] Nigeria Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213041 Yes
Daramola, B.O.; Josephine [FHI63652] Nigeria Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213044 Yes
Pawek, J. [7167] Malawi Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213106 Yes
Balsinhas, A.A.; Macuacua, L. [540] Mozambique Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213097 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Osborne, P.L. [15527] Malawi Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213103 Yes
Pawek, J. [9542] Malawi Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213104 Yes
Bjørnstad, A. [AB1349] Tanzania Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213075 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [3708] Mauritania Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213043 Yes
Peter, G.A. [42772] Tanzania Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213077 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1308] Tanzania Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213092 Yes
Wild, H. [6068] Zimbabwe Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213113 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [152] Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213054 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [18274A] Tanzania Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213079 Yes
Latilo, M.G. [FHI62609] Nigeria Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213046 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [285] Botswana Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213123 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2087] Botswana Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213120 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [8921] Malawi Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213105 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J. [74/1115] Kenya Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213069 Yes
Lawrence, E. [54] Mozambique Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213096 Yes
Berry, P.S.M. [29] Zambia Ctenolepis cerasiformis K004213110 Yes

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