Zehneria microsperma Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Cucurbitales > Cucurbitaceae > Zehneria

Characteristics

male flowers solitary or 1–10 in racemiform or subumbelliform male or bisexual (with 1–2 female flowers) pedunculate axillary clusters, usually co-axillary with a long-pedicellate solitary flower; peduncles 0·6–4·8 cm. long; pedicels of racemose flowers 1–5 mm. long, of solitary co-axillary flower 3–12 mm. long. Receptacle-tube 2–4 mm. long; lobes 0·2–0·7 mm. long, dentiform. Petals 1·5–2·5 mm. long.
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Female flowers solitary, sometimes co-axillary with a male inflorescence, or 1–5 in racemiform or subumbelliform bisexual (with 1–4 male flowers) or rarely wholly female pedunculate axillary clusters; peduncles 0·8–2·5 cm. long; pedicels of racemose flowers 2·5–5 mm. long, of solitary flowers 2·5–12 mm. long; ovary 3–3·5 mm. long, ellipsoid, rostrate; perianth as in male flowers.
Leaf-lamina 2·3–7·2 × 1·5–6·2 cm., membraneous, ovate or narrowly ovate, cordate or subtruncate at the base, finely punctate above, glabrous or almost so except for a few short setulae on veins beneath, unlobed, prominently sinuate-denticulate, acuminate, obtuse to acute, apiculate.
Seeds 2·5–2·8 × 1·4–1·6 × 0·2 mm., elliptic in outline, smooth, compressed.
Fruits 8–10 mm. in diameter, glabrous, globose; pedicels 4–14 mm. long.
Petioles 0·7–5·2 cm. long, glabrous or almost so.
Stem slender, glabrous or almost so.
Flowers monoecious.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Zehneria microsperma world distribution map, present in Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:294468-1
WFO ID wfo-0001279438
COL ID 5CYQ8
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Synonyms

Melothria microsperma Zehneria microsperma