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Peponium

Description

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Dioecious perennial herbs, prostrate or climbing. Leaves simple, palmately lobed. Tendrils 2-fid. Receptacle tube elongate in both male and female flowers. Flowers white or yellow. Male flowers in axillary racemes; often with a long-pedicellate solitary flower; stamens 3; all 2-thecous or one 1-thecous and two 2-thecous. Female flowers solitary; stigma 3-lobed. Fruit ovoid, smooth, indehiscent, red.

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bibliographic citation: Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Peponium Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1448
author: Mark Hyde
author: Bart Wursten
author: Petra Ballings

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Peponium

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Peponium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.^[1]

Its native range is Tropical and Southern Africa, and Western Indian Ocean.^[1]

Species

Species:^[1]

Peponium betsiliense Keraudren
Peponium boivinii (Cogn.) Engl.
Peponium caledonicum (Sond.) Engl.
Peponium chirindense (Baker f.) Cogn.
Peponium cienkowskii (Schweinf.) Engl.
Peponium grandidieri Keraudren
Peponium hirtellum Keraudren
Peponium humbertii Keraudren
Peponium laceratum Keraudren
Peponium lagenarioides (Hook.f.) Cogn.
Peponium leucanthum (Gilg) Cogn.
Peponium mackenii (Naudin) Engl.
Peponium pageanum C.Jeffrey
Peponium perrieri Keraudren
Peponium poissonii Keraudren
Peponium racemosum Keraudren
Peponium seyrigii Keraudren
Peponium sublitorale C.Jeffrey & J.S.Page
Peponium vogelii (Hook.f.) Engl.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Peponium Engl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 May 2021.

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Peponium: Brief Summary

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Peponium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae.

Its native range is Tropical and Southern Africa, and Western Indian Ocean.

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