- Family:
- Cucurbitaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Zehneria Endl.
Zehneria scabra (L.f.) Sond.

[FZ]
Cucurbitaceae, C. Jeffrey. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978
- sex Male
- male flowers 3–60 or more in dense subumbelliform or shortly racemiform sessile or pedunculate axillary clusters, usually co-axillary with a long-pedicellate solitary flower, rarely solitary; peduncles 0·9–7 cm. long; pedicels 1·5–10 mm. long. Receptacle-tube 2·0–5·5 mm. long, pale green; lobes 0·2–1·5 mm. long, dentiform. Petals 1·5–3·5 mm. long, white, becoming yellowish with age; stamens 3.
- sex Female
- Female flowers solitary or 2–10 or more in subumbelliform sessile or pedunculate axillary clusters; peduncles up to 2·7 cm. long; pedicels 0·4–11(20) mm. long; ovary 2·5–5 mm. long, ellipsoid, rostrate, glabrous or shortly pubescent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruits 1–10 or more in axillary clusters, bright red, usually glabrous, globose, 8–13 mm. in diameter, or ellipsoid, 10–12 × 7–8 mm.; pedicels 2–68 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds 2·0–5·6 × 1·1–4·5 × 0·4–1 mm., ovate in outline, smooth, compressed.
- Morphology General Habit
- Stems to 6 m., almost glabrous or sparsely to densely shortly crispate-pubescent or setulose, prostrate or scandent.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaf-lamina 1·9–11 × 2–11 cm., membraneous to subcoriaceous, ovate or broadly ovate in outline, deeply cordate to subtruncate at the base, deep green and scabrid-punctate above, paler and sparsely setulose to densely cinereous-velutinous on the veins beneath, obscurely and remotely to prominently sinuate-denticulate at the margins, unlobed or sometimes palmately 3–5-lobed, the lobes broadly triangular to ovate or elliptic, the central largest, shortly acuminate, obtuse to acute, apiculate, the lateral shorter.
- Morphology Leaves Petiole
- Petioles 0·7–7·0 cm. long, glabrous to densely antrorsely setulose or crispate-pubescent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers dioecious. male flowers 3–60 or more in dense subumbelliform or shortly racemiform sessile or pedunculate axillary clusters, usually co-axillary with a long-pedicellate solitary flower, rarely solitary; peduncles 0·9–7 cm. long; pedicels 1·5–10 mm. long. Receptacle-tube 2·0–5·5 mm. long, pale green; lobes 0·2–1·5 mm. long, dentiform. Petals 1·5–3·5 mm. long, white, becoming yellowish with age; stamens 3. Female flowers solitary or 2–10 or more in subumbelliform sessile or pedunculate axillary clusters; peduncles up to 2·7 cm. long; pedicels 0·4–11(20) mm. long; ovary 2·5–5 mm. long, ellipsoid, rostrate, glabrous or shortly pubescent.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1–4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Distribution
- Surud, tropical and southern Africa and tropical Asia.
- Morphology General Habit
- Scandent or trailing herb to 10 m, old stems becoming woody with corky ridged bark
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaf-blade ovate, broadly ovate, or pentagonal, cordate, sinuate-dentate, ± scabrid-punctate above, sparsely setulose to densely tomentose beneath, 1.5–11 x 1.5–11 cm, unlobed or usually palmately 3–5-lobed, lobes ovate to triangular, the central largest; petiole 0.5–7 cm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology
- Dioecious
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Male flowers 3–many in subsessile or pedunculate subumbelliform clusters Female flowers in usually sessile subumbelliform clusters
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Peduncles
- Peduncles up to 7 cm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pedicel
- Pedicels 1.5–10 mm long Pedicels 1–5(–10) mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Hypanthium
- Hypanthium campanulate, 2–5.5 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals dentiform, up to 1.5 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals white, becoming cream then yellow with age, 1.5–3.5 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary ellipsoid, rostrate, 2.5–5 mm long, glabrous or shortly pubescent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
- Perianth as in male flowers
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruits globose to ellipsoid, sometimes apiculate, fleshy, green or green with darker longitudinal lines, sometimes glaucous, red when ripe, 0.8–1.3 x 0.7–0.8 cm; pedicel 2–20 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds ovate in outline, 2–4 mm long.
[FTEA]
Cucurbitaceae, C. Jeffrey. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1967
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial herb climbing or trailing to 6 m.; young stems rather shortly and closely crisped-pubescent, sometimes densely so, but sometimes almost glabrous except at the nodes, less often sparsely spreading-hairy or completely glabrous; older stems thickened, woody, up to 15 mm. across, with greyish-brown slightly fissured bark.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaf-blade ± ovate-cordate or ovate-subtruncate in outline, ± scabrid-punctate above, paler green and subglabrous or sparsely scabrid-hairy to densely cinereous-tomentose beneath, sinuate-toothed, acute to rounded, apiculate and often ± acuminate, 25–110 mm. long, 19–110 mm. broad, sometimes shallowly 3-lobed with large middle lobe and small triangular lateral lobes, rarely palmately 5-lobed with the lobes triangular, or obovate and distinctly narrowed below, sometimes heterophyllous; petiole usually rather shortly and sparsely hairy, 7–85 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Dioecious. Male flowers 2–60 in sessile or up to 85 mm. pedunculate umbelliform clusters, often with a coaxillary long-pedicellate solitary flower, rarely the inflorescence compound with more than one umbelliform cluster borne at intervals along the peduncle; bracts usually absent; receptacle-tube 2.5–4 mm. long, hairy within; lobes ± subulate, 0.5–0.8 mm. long; petals white, becoming creamy-yellow when old, 1.8–3 mm. long, 1.3–2 mm. broad; stamens 3, on fairly long filaments. Female flowers occasionally solitary, usually 2–16 in sessile or up to 26 mm. pedunculate umbelliform groups, often with a coaxillary solitary flower; pedicels 1–10 mm. long; ovary subglobose to fusiform, sometimes beaked, 3–6 mm. long, 1.5–2.3 mm. across; receptacle-tube campanulate, hairy within, 2–4 mm. long; lobes subulate, ± 0.5 mm. long; petals 2–2.5 mm. long, 1–1.5 mm. broad.
- sex Male
- Male flowers 2–60 in sessile or up to 85 mm. pedunculate umbelliform clusters, often with a coaxillary long-pedicellate solitary flower, rarely the inflorescence compound with more than one umbelliform cluster borne at intervals along the peduncle; bracts usually absent; receptacle-tube 2.5–4 mm. long, hairy within; lobes ± subulate, 0.5–0.8 mm. long; petals white, becoming creamy-yellow when old, 1.8–3 mm. long, 1.3–2 mm. broad; stamens 3, on fairly long filaments.
- sex Female
- Female flowers occasionally solitary, usually 2–16 in sessile or up to 26 mm. pedunculate umbelliform groups, often with a coaxillary solitary flower; pedicels 1–10 mm. long; ovary subglobose to fusiform, sometimes beaked, 3–6 mm. long, 1.5–2.3 mm. across; receptacle-tube campanulate, hairy within, 2–4 mm. long; lobes subulate, ± 0.5 mm. long; petals 2–2.5 mm. long, 1–1.5 mm. broad.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruits solitary or more often in sessile or pedunculate axillary clusters of up to 10 (rarely more), with 2–20 mm. long pedicels, baccate, sphaeroid, rounded or more rarely slightly apiculate, 6–12 mm. long, 5–11 mm. across, scarlet, ± scrobiculate when dry.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds ovate in outline, smooth, compressed, lenticular, 2.2–4 × 1.3–2.5 × 0.5–0.8 mm.
- Figures
- Fig. 21/1–8, p. 120.
- Habitat
- Rain- and swamp or other ground-water forest, riverine forest, grass thicket, seasonal swamp and damp places generally in bushland and woodland; also a weed of roadsides and plantations; 80–3350 m.
- Distribution
- tropical Africa K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7
Native to:
Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Congo, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Philippines, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Sulawesi, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Zehneria scabra (L.f.) Sond. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 1, 2009 | Corcoran, M.R. [12], Cameroon | K000580428 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2009 | Nana felicite [155], Cameroon | K000580429 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2009 | Cheek, M. [13387], Cameroon | K000580427 | No | ||
May 1, 2003 | Groves, M. [40], Cameroon | K000008504 | No | ||
Feb 1, 2003 | Lane, P. [316], Cameroon | K000008352 | No | ||
Feb 1, 2003 | Etuge, M. [2025], Cameroon | K000008353 | Yes | ||
Feb 1, 2003 | Cheek, M. [9044], Cameroon | K000008351 | No | ||
Feb 1, 2003 | Cheek, M. [7146], Cameroon | K000008350 | No | ||
Feb 1, 2003 | Cheek, M. [9468], Cameroon | K000008310 | No | ||
Feb 1, 2003 | Sidwell, K. [406], Cameroon | K000008349 | No | ||
Feb 1, 2003 | Etuge, M. [1636], Cameroon | K000008309 | No | ||
Feb 1, 2003 | Cheek, M. [9566], Cameroon | K000008311 | No | ||
Jun 1, 2000 | Pollard, B.J. [377], Cameroon | K000338142 | No | ||
Jun 1, 1999 | Kamundi, D. [643], Cameroon | K000338159 | No | ||
Jun 1, 1999 | Etuge, M. [2341 A], Cameroon | K000338154 | No | ||
Jun 1, 1999 | Buzgo, M. [629], Cameroon | K000338153 | No | ||
Jun 1, 1999 | Onana, J.-M. [558 A], Cameroon | K000338156 | No | ||
Jun 1, 1999 | Cheek, M. [8569], Cameroon | K000338152 | No | ||
Jun 1, 1999 | Etuge, M. [3413], Cameroon | K000338155 | No | ||
May 1, 1997 | Munyenyembe, P. [863], Cameroon | K000338157 | No | ||
May 1, 1997 | Munyenyembe, P. [732], Cameroon | K000338158 | No | ||
Jun 1, 1965 | Schimper [1242] | K000313422 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1965 | Mann G. [1277], Cameroon | K000050756 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Milne-Redhead, E. [11292], Tanzania | 1767.000 | No | |||
Bullock, A.A. [1941], Tanzania | 1774.000 | No | |||
Norman, E.M. [203], Uganda | 1776.000 | No | |||
Brummitt, R.K. [10772], Malawi | 25694.145 | No | |||
Brummitt, R.K. [10093], Malawi | 25694.146 | No | |||
Verdcourt, B. [3978A], Kenya | 25794.000 | No | |||
Gillespie, J.B. [278], Kenya | 27386.000 | No | |||
Polhill, R. [1806], Tanzania | 3277.000 | No | |||
Ash, J. [1992], Ethiopia | 35861.000 | No | |||
Ash, J. [224], Ethiopia | 39916.000 | No | |||
Drummond, R.B. [2738], Tanzania | 4666.000 | No | |||
Norman, E.M. [219], Uganda | 4667.000 | No | |||
Drummond, R.B. [4326], Kenya | 4668.000 | No | |||
Hepper, F.N. [1690], Cameroon | 4669.000 | No | |||
Drummond, R.B. [1396], Tanzania | 4670.000 | No | |||
Drummond, R.B. [2916], Tanzania | 4671.000 | No | |||
Drummond, R.B. [2984], Tanzania | 4672.000 | No | |||
Verdcourt, B. [671], Kenya | 5003.000 | No | |||
Polhill, R. [1490], Tanzania | 5004.000 | No | |||
Milne-Redhead, E. [11409], Tanzania | 5167.000 | No | |||
Milne-Redhead, E. [8993], Tanzania | 835.000 | No | |||
Tweedie, E.M. [1384], Kenya | 836.000 | No | |||
Pegler, A. [1512], South Africa | K000313344 | Yes | |||
Zeyher [596] | K000313345 | Yes | |||
Burke | K000313346 | Yes | |||
Zeyher [596] | K000313353 | Yes | |||
Drege | K000313347 | Yes | |||
Drege | K000313348 | Yes | |||
Pichi-Sermolli, R. [2221], Ethiopia | K000313425 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Schimper [164] | K000313430 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Schimper [164] | K000313431 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Quartin-Dillon et Petis [35] | K000313432 | Yes | |||
Mann [628], Bioko | K000313442 | Yes | |||
Morton, J.K. [6715], Cameroon | K000050749 | No | |||
Breteler, F.J. [273], Cameroon | K000050751 | No | |||
Boughey, A.S. [10998], Cameroon | K000050750 | No | |||
Morton, J.K. [850], Cameroon | K000050755 | No | |||
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [8448], Cameroon | K000050747 | No |
First published in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 2: 486 (1862)
Accepted by
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
- Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- 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.
- 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.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (2001). Flora of Bhutan 2: 1-1675. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
- 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.
- Launert, E. (ed.) (1978). Flora Zambesiaca 4: 1-658. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Maliya, S.D. & Datt, B. (2010). A contribution to the flora of Katarniyaghat wildlife sanctuary, Baharaich district, Uttar Pradesh Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 34: 42-68.
- Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- Nazimuddin, S. & Naqvi, S.S.H. (1984). Flora of Pakistan 154: 1-56. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
- Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso Boissiera 65: 1-391.
- Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
- Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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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.
- Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
- Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- 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.
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by C. Jeffrey & M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- C. Jeffrey in Kew Bulletin 15: 369 (1962).
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