Species Radyera urens (L. f.) Bullock (Wild pumpkin)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Plantae
  • - phylum: Tracheophyta
  • -- class: Magnoliopsida
  • --- order: Malvales
  • ---- family: Malvaceae
  • ----- species: Radyera urens
Characteristics:pumpkin-like herb, lobed, hairy, grey-green leaves with finely pleated edges, runners up to 1,2 m long, hairs cause slight burning sensation on contact, bad smell when dry, small red pumpkin-like flowers, cucumber-like fruit
Countries:
BW
Botswana
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
Links:
References:Van der Walt and le Riche 1999: 103
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