Cucurbitaceae
Telfairia

Telfairia occidentalis Hook.f.

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 524 (1871)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to SW. Uganda. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Cabinda, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zaïre

Classification

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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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • 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.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2021). Flore du Gabon 57: 1-173. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Bot. 288.
  • Cogn. in Engl. Pflanzenr. Cucurbit. 1: 267
  • in F.T.A. 2: 524 (1871)

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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • 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.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. 2: 387 (1898).
  • Hook. f. in Flora of Tropical Africa 2: 524 (1871).
  • Hutch. & Dalz., Flora of West Tropical Africa 1: 180, fig. 79 (1927)
  • Keay, Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 2, 1: 211, fig. 83 (1954).
  • R. & A. Fernandes in Mem. Junta Invest. Ultram., sér. 2, 34: 46 (1962).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2003 Gosline, G. [347] Cameroon K000197717 Yes
Feb 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [7110] Cameroon K000008297 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Irving, E.G. [69] Nigeria K000975595 Paratype Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Mann, G. [233] Equatorial Guinea K000975593 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Mann, G. [233] Equatorial Guinea K000975592 Lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Mann, G. [s.n.] Equatorial Guinea K000975591 Paratype Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Barter, C. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K000975596 Paratype Yes
Carvalho [2379] Equatorial Guinea K003478518 Yes
Foster, E.W. [118] Nigeria K003478506 Yes
Thompson, S.A.; Rawlins, J. [1381] Cameroon K003478516 Yes
Enti, A.A. [FH6490] Ghana K003478496 Yes
Westphal, E.; Westphal-Stevels, J.M.C. [9646] Cameroon K003478572 Yes
Kennedy, J.D. [1732] Nigeria K003478502 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [2355] Nigeria K003478505 Yes
Germain, R. [8592] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003478524 Yes
C. W. Van. Epenhuijsen [s.n.] Nigeria K003478501 Yes
Westphal, E.; Westphal-Stevels, J.M.C. [9545] Cameroon K003478571 Yes
Westphal, E.; Westphal-Stevels, J.M.C. [9443] Cameroon K003478570 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003478563 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [1763] Sierra Leone K003478492 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K003478511 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K003478508 Yes
Thomson, W.C. [2324] Nigeria K000975594 Unknown Type Material Yes
Keay, R.W.J.; Onochie, C.F. [FHI21609] Nigeria K003478510 Yes
Louis, J. [2998] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003478520 Yes
Louis, J. [6497] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003478521 Yes
Westphal, E.; Westphal-Stevels, J.M.C. [9835] Cameroon K003478573 Yes
Kennedy, J.D. [1732] Nigeria K003478507 Yes
Westphal, E.; Westphal-Stevels, J.M.C. [9451] Cameroon K003478569 Yes
Westphal, E.; Westphal-Stevels, J.M.C. [8856] Cameroon K003478567 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003478564 Yes
Westphal, E.; Westphal-Stevels, J.M.C. [8748] Cameroon K003478574 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [2222] Nigeria K003478512 Yes
[Sean Louis] [2998] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003478519 Yes
Obi, F.O. [FHI17082] Nigeria K003478513 Yes
[C. W. Van. Epenhuijsen] [28] Nigeria K003478499 Yes
Westphal, E.; Westphal-Stevels, J.M.C. [9550] Cameroon K003478575 Yes
Kennedy, J.D. [1732] Nigeria K003478497 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Nigeria K003478498 Yes
Enti, A.A. [FH6490] Ghana K003478495 Yes
Gillardin, J. [360] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003478522 Yes
Westphal, E.; Westphal-Stevels, J.M.C. [10147] Cameroon K003478580 Yes
Westphal, E.; Westphal-Stevels, J.M.C. [10080] Cameroon K003478568 Yes
Chevalier, A.J.B. [23089] Benin K003478494 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [7808] Cameroon K003478514 Yes
Westphal, E.; Westphal-Stevels, J.M.C. [9772] Cameroon K003478576 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003478566 Yes
Westphal, E.; Westphal-Stevels, J.M.C. [9285] Cameroon K003478578 Yes
Letouzey, R. [9777] Cameroon K003478517 Yes
Westphal, E.; Westphal-Stevels, J.M.C. [10078] Cameroon K003478577 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O. [521] Cote d'Ivoire K003478493 Yes
Westphal, E.; Westphal-Stevels, J.M.C. [10160] Cameroon K003478579 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003478565 Yes
Millen, H. [16] Nigeria K003478503 Yes
Ejiofor, M.C. [FHI21874] Nigeria K003478509 Yes
Westphal, E.; Westphal-Stevels, J.M.C. [10068] Cameroon K003478515 Yes
Olorunfemi; Others [43869] Nigeria K003478504 Yes
Gutzwiller, R. [2973] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003478525 Yes
Binuyo, A. [FHI46974] Nigeria K003478500 Yes
Hombert, J. [179] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K003478523 Yes

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 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 Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • 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