- Family:
- Cucurbitaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Zehneria Endl.
Zehneria thwaitesii (Schweinf.) C.Jeffrey

[FTEA]
Cucurbitaceae, C. Jeffrey. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1967
- Morphology General Habit
- Climber or trailer to 1.2 m.; roots fibrous; stems slender, glabrous or slightly hairy, smooth or slightly rough.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaf-blade triangular, hastate or sagittate, ± scabrid-punctate above, smooth and glabrous except for a few hairs on nerves beneath, subentire or ± sinuate-dentate or rarely lobulate, 23–91 mm. long, 22–110 mm. broad; lobes triangular or rarely ovate-triangular, minutely apiculate; petiole 12–54 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Monoecious. Female flowers solitary on slender 7–40 mm. long pedicels; ovary fusiform, sometimes slightly collared at the base, 3.5–16 mm. long, 0.5–1.5 mm. across; receptacle-tube cylindrical to broadly campanulate, 1–2.5 mm. long; lobes subulate, 0.5–1.5 mm. long; petals 2–6 mm. long, 1.5–2.5 mm. broad, united at very base. Male flowers 1–3, axillary, or at nodes on 30–95 mm. long leafless shoots with shortened internodes and then appearing racemose; pedicels slender, 4.5–15 mm. long; receptacle-tube campanulate, 1.5–2 mm. long; lobes triangular-subulate, 0.3–0.8 mm. long; petals white, becoming cream when older, 2–4 mm. long, 1–2 mm. broad, united at the base; stamens 3, subsessile.
- sex Male
- Male flowers 1–3, axillary, or at nodes on 30–95 mm. long leafless shoots with shortened internodes and then appearing racemose; pedicels slender, 4.5–15 mm. long; receptacle-tube campanulate, 1.5–2 mm. long; lobes triangular-subulate, 0.3–0.8 mm. long; petals white, becoming cream when older, 2–4 mm. long, 1–2 mm. broad, united at the base; stamens 3, subsessile.
- sex Female
- Female flowers solitary on slender 7–40 mm. long pedicels; ovary fusiform, sometimes slightly collared at the base, 3.5–16 mm. long, 0.5–1.5 mm. across; receptacle-tube cylindrical to broadly campanulate, 1–2.5 mm. long; lobes subulate, 0.5–1.5 mm. long; petals 2–6 mm. long, 1.5–2.5 mm. broad, united at very base.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit pendulous on a 5–37 mm. long stalk, fusiform, smooth, glabrous, 15–45 mm. long, 7–14 mm. across.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds ovate in outline, compressed, narrowly bordered, smooth, 3.5 × 2 × 0.5 mm.
- Figures
- Fig. 21/11, 12, p. 120.
- Habitat
- Rain-, swamp and other ground-water forest, lowland grassland, margins of rivers and swamps; 30–1220 m.
- Distribution
- K7 T1 T3 T4 T6 T7 T8 U2 U3 U4 Z tropical Africa
[FZ]
Cucurbitaceae, C. Jeffrey. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978
- Morphology General Habit
- Stems slender, glabrous or sparsely pilose.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaf-lamina 2–9 × 2·7–9·5 cm., membraneous, broadly ovate, ovate, broadly triangular or triangular in outline, subtruncate, weakly cordate, hastate or sagittate at the base, finely scabrid-punctate above, shortly setulose on veins beneath, plane or usually remotely and minutely sinuate-denticulate at the margins, unlobed or shortly to very deeply palmately 3-lobed, the lobes triangular to linear, ± acuminate, obtuse to acute, apiculate, the central largest.
- Morphology Leaves Petiole
- Petioles 0·9–4·0 cm. long, shortly setulose.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers monoecious. Female flowers solitary, often co-axillary with male; pedicels 7–61 mm. long, slender; ovary 6–12 × 1–2 mm., fusiform. Perianth as in male flowers. male flowers solitary, axillary; pedicels 8–24 mm. long, slender. Receptacle-tube 1–2·5 mm. long, lobes 0·3–1·5 mm. long, dentiform. Petals 1·5–6 mm. long, white, becoming cream with age.
- sex Male
- male flowers solitary, axillary; pedicels 8–24 mm. long, slender. Receptacle-tube 1–2·5 mm. long, lobes 0·3–1·5 mm. long, dentiform. Petals 1·5–6 mm. long, white, becoming cream with age.
- sex Female
- Female flowers solitary, often co-axillary with male; pedicels 7–61 mm. long, slender; ovary 6–12 × 1–2 mm., fusiform. Perianth as in male flowers.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit 15–45 × 7–14 mm., fusiform, red; pedicel 10–53 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds 3·2–4·4 × 2·0–2·5 × 0·3–0·5 mm., ovate in outline, smooth bi-convex.
Native to:
India, Sri Lanka
Zehneria thwaitesii (Schweinf.) C.Jeffrey appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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May 1, 1993 | Walken [273], Sri Lanka | K000742779 | Yes | ||
May 1, 1993 | s.coll. [312], Sri Lanka | K000742780 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1985 | D'Arcy, W.G. [15242], Madagascar | K000391267 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1972 | Kirk, J. [s.n.], Mozambique | K000313373 | holotype | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1972 | Kirk, J. [s.n.], Mozambique | K000313374 | holotype | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1965 | Bosser, J. [18037], Madagascar | K000391266 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1962 | Afzelius, K. [s.n.], Madagascar | K000391261 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1962 | Baron, R. [1503], Madagascar | K000391264 | No | ||
May 1, 1961 | Humblot, L. [34], Madagascar | K000391262 | No | ||
May 1, 1961 | Perrier de la Bâthie, H. [s.n.], Madagascar | K000391268 | No | ||
May 1, 1961 | Meller, C.J. [8], Madagascar | K000391263 | No | ||
Milne-Redhead, E. [9309], Tanzania | 1770.000 | No | |||
Verdcourt, B. [1090], Kenya | 1771.000 | No | |||
Verdcourt, B. [239], Tanzania | 1777.000 | No | |||
Milne-Redhead, E. [10897], Tanzania | 31130.000 | No | |||
Faulkner, H. [K.246] | 4643.000 | No | |||
Drummond, R.B. [2911], Tanzania | 4673.000 | No | |||
Drummond, R.B. [3035], Tanzania | 5005.000 | No | |||
Milne-Redhead, E. [5163], Ghana | 5155.000 | No | |||
Drummond, R.B. [3955], Kenya | 5168.000 | No | |||
Faulkner, H. [2617], Tanzania | 5169.000 | No | |||
Burtoni [s.n.] | K000313436 | Yes |
First published in Kew Bull. 15: 371 (1961 publ. 1962)
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Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Rebnner, 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.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- C. Jeffrey in Kew Bulletin 15: 371 (1962), excl. syn. Bryonia deltoïdea Schumach. et Melothria deltoïdea (Schumach.) Benth.
- Keraudren, Fl. Madag. Cucurbitac: 40 (1966).
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