Trochomeria macrocarpa (Sond.) Hook. f.
subsp. macrocarpa

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Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa

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Greystone Park Nature Reserve

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N side of Mukuvisi River, Mukuvisi Woodland

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Between Bunga Camp, Gorongosa National Park and EN1

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Status:	Native
Description:	Stems prostrate or climbing, to 6 m. Leaves ovate in outline; base cordate. Tendrils simple. Stipule-like bracts 0 (in ours). Corolla lobes 2-6 cm, greenish-yellow, strongly reflexed. Fruit ellipsoid, bright red.
Type location:	Syntypes from South Africa
Notes:	Subsp. vitifolia is only known from Southern Angola and Namibia.
Derivation of specific name:	macrocarpa: with large fruits
Habitat:	In open woodland
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Worldwide distribution:	Throughout northern and eastern tropical Africa and south to South Africa
FZ divisions:	SE
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 135. as Trochomeria macrocarpa (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 57. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 36. Jeffrey, C. (1978). Cucurbitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 457. Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 172. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 39. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 92. Reekmans, M. (1983). Cucurbitaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume II Page 470. as T. macrocarpa (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 53.

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Trochomeria macrocarpa (Sond.) Hook. f. subsp. macrocarpa