Cucurbitaceae
Coccinia

Coccinia subglabra C.Jeffrey

First published in Kew Bull. 30: 479 (1975)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Mozambique. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Cucurbitaceae, C. Jeffrey. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978

Morphology General Habit
Stems slender, scandent, glabrous, becoming white-punctate when older.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-lamina 5–14 × 6·5–18 cm., broadly ovate in outline, cordate, glabrous or almost so, punctate, deeply palmately 3–5-lobed, the lobes broadly ovate or triangular to elliptic, oblanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate, entire or sinuate-dentate especially towards the apex, acute to obtuse, apiculate, the central largest.
Morphology Leaves Petiole
Petioles 0·6–4 cm. long, setulose on upper margins or glabrous.
Morphology General Tendrils
Tendrils simple.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Probract
Probracts 3–5 mm. long, narrow, oblanceolate-spathulate.
sex Male
male flowers in 2–6·5 cm. pedunculate racemes, co-axillary with a 20–65 mm. pedicellate solitary flower; pedicels of racemose flowers 2–7 mm. long. Receptacle-tube 4–6·5 mm. long, obconic, lobes 3–7·5 mm. long, triangular-lanceolate, acute. Corolla-lobes 2·5–3 × 1–2 cm., deep yellow, ovate, acute, united in lower half.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Female flowers solitary, axillary; pedicels 29–32 mm. long; ovary 20–25 × 1·5–2 mm., cylindrical, glabrous; receptacle-tube c. 3 mm. long, campanulate, lobes 3·5 mm. long, lanceolate, acute. male flowers in 2–6·5 cm. pedunculate racemes, co-axillary with a 20–65 mm. pedicellate solitary flower; pedicels of racemose flowers 2–7 mm. long. Receptacle-tube 4–6·5 mm. long, obconic, lobes 3–7·5 mm. long, triangular-lanceolate, acute. Corolla-lobes 2·5–3 × 1–2 cm., deep yellow, ovate, acute, united in lower half.
sex Female
Female flowers solitary, axillary; pedicels 29–32 mm. long; ovary 20–25 × 1·5–2 mm., cylindrical, glabrous; receptacle-tube c. 3 mm. long, campanulate, lobes 3·5 mm. long, lanceolate, acute.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit 4·5–5·5 × 1·2–1·5 cm., cylindrical, terete, obtuse, tapered towards the base, vermilion; fruit-stalk 3·5–4 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds c. 5 × 3·5 × 1·4 mm., ovate in outline, compressed, lenticular.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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