Cucurbitaceae
Momordica

Momordica cissoides Planch. ex Cogn.

First published in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 370 (1849)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a climbing annual and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Berhaut, J. (1975). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 3: 1-634. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Jeffrey, C. (1967). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Cucurbitaceae: 1-156.
  • Keraudren-Aymonin, M. (1975). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Cucurbitaceae: 1-152. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2021). Flore du Gabon 57: 1-173. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Bot. 290.
  • Cogn.& Harms in Engl. Pflanzenr. Cucurbit. 2: 1 (1924)
  • —F.T.A. 2: 535

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Berhaut, J. (1975). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 3: 1-634. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Benth. in Hook., Niger Fl.: 370 (1849).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1: 179 (1950).
  • Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. 2: 393 (1898).
  • Hook. f. in Flora of Tropical Africa 2: 535 (1871).
  • Hutch. & Dalz., Flora of West Tropical Africa 1: 181 (1927)
  • Keay, Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 1: 211 (1954).
  • R. & A. Fernandes in Mem. Junta Invest. Ultram., sér. 2, 34: 81 (1962).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2008 Tchiengue, B. [2611], Cameroon K000339521 No
Sep 1, 2008 Tchiengue, B. [2192], Cameroon K000436908 No
Jan 1, 2006 Cheek, M. [11856], Cameroon K000582256 No
Feb 1, 2003 Sidwell, K. [354], Cameroon K000008283 No
Feb 1, 2003 Kenfack, D. [257], Cameroon K000008285 No
Feb 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [9124], Cameroon K000008290 No
Feb 1, 2003 Ryan, P. [337], Cameroon K000008284 No
Feb 1, 2003 Satabie, B. [1112], Cameroon K000008289 No
Feb 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [8958], Cameroon K000008291 No
Feb 1, 2003 Cable, S. [1186], Cameroon K000008288 No
Feb 1, 2003 Groves, M. [76], Cameroon K000008294 No
Feb 1, 2003 Zapfack, L. [909], Cameroon K000008293 No
Feb 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [7116], Cameroon K000008286 No
Feb 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [7295], Cameroon K000008281 No
Feb 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [1411], Cameroon K000008282 No
Feb 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [1939], Cameroon K000008292 No
Feb 1, 2003 Pollard, B.J. [249], Cameroon K000008287 No
Jan 1, 1972 Satabie, B. [238], Cameroon K000050526 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [5066], Ghana 16149.000 No
Deighton, F.C. [4367], Sierra Leone 18788.000 No
Adames, P. [443], Liberia 27800.000 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [9042], Nigeria 4647.000 No
Gartlan, J. [29], Cameroon 7437.000 No
K000310669 Yes
Vogel [106] K000310670 Yes
K000310671 Yes
Gartlan, J.S. [29], Cameroon K000050531 No
Maitland, T.D. [421], Cameroon K000050529 No
Cable, S. [3589], Cameroon K000008702 No
Thompson, S.A. [1348], Cameroon K000050527 No
Maitland, T.D. [421], Cameroon K000050528 No
Maitland, T.D. [1501], Cameroon K000050530 No

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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 2023. 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