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Climbing monoecious herbs. Leaves simple. Tendrils simple. Flowers yellow. Male flowers borne in sessile axillary clusters: lobes of receptacle-tube often divided into narrow, often reflexed, lobes; corolla 5-lobed, the lobes united to at least halfway; stamens 3, all 2-thecous. Female flowers fewer than male; perianth similar to male flowers; ovary densely setose; stigma 3-lobed. Fruit subspherical to ellipsoid, bearing dense brownish bristles, dehiscent by 10 apical valves. Seeds flattened.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Raphidiocystis Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1449
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Raphidiocystis: Brief Summary
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Raphidiocystis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.
Its native range is Tropical Africa, Madagascar.
Species:
Raphidiocystis brachypoda Baker
Raphidiocystis chrysocoma (Schumach.) C.Jeffrey
Raphidiocystis jeffreyana R.Fern. & A.Fern.
Raphidiocystis mannii Hook.f.
Raphidiocystis phyllocalyx C.Jeffrey & Keraudren
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