Corallocarpus welwitschii (Naudin) Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Cucurbitales > Cucurbitaceae > Corallocarpus

Characteristics

A pumpkin family herb. It lie along the ground or can be a climber. It is 1 m long. It keeps growing from year to year. It has a taproot and puts out annual stems. The fruit are oblong and 2 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention -
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Acacia and Colophospermum woodland at elevations from 700-1,400 metres. Deciduous woodland and bushland at elevations from 350-1,050 metres in Botswana.
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A tropical plant. It grows in hot arid areas with a marked dry season. It grows in sands. It can grow in arid places.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The stems are cooked in water or milk. The leaves are eaten raw and also cooked in water or milk. The ripe fruit are sweet and eaten raw. The roots are bitter and are baked in the ashes.
Uses animal food food gene source medicinal
Edible fruits leaves roots stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Corallocarpus welwitschii world distribution map, present in Angola, Botswana, and Namibia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60452644-2
WFO ID wfo-0000619941
COL ID 5ZZMX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Rhynchocarpa welwitschii Corallocarpus gilgianus Corallocarpus welwitschii Corallocarpus congolensis Corallocarpus welwitschii var. subintegrifolia