Details of record no: 95118

Cucumis anguria L.
var. longaculeatus J.H. Kirkbr.

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Record details:

Date: 21 Apr 1994
Recorder(s):GL Maggs
L Guarino
Collector(s):GL Maggs
1039
Determiner(s):GL Maggs
Confirmer(s):
Herbarium:WIND
Habitat:
Location: Okavango, Rundu District: Site 3: 203 km east of Rundu along main, tarred road to Bagani.
Location code(s):
Outing code:
Planted code: Not planted
Country: Namibia (Caprivi Strip)
Quarter Degree Square: 1821A2
Grid reference:
FZ Division:
Altitude (metres): 1080
Notes: Creeper; Notes: Cleared area in mixed semi-deciduous woodland. Soil pH 8,5. Annual creeper on road verge. Locally abundant together with Citrullus lanatus. Leaves scabrous. Flower petals golden yellow. Fruits plentiful, borne on long stalks, dark green riepening to golden yellow, extremely bitter. Pollinating beetles collected for id.
Latitude, Longitude: -18.125000, 21.375000
Location Accuracy Code: 2

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Individual record no: 95118: Cucumis anguria.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/species-record.php?record_id=95118, retrieved 17 April 2024

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