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

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Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa

Photo: Mark Hyde
Greystone Park Nature Reserve

Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa

Photo: Mark Hyde
N side of Mukuvisi River, Mukuvisi Woodland

Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa

Photo: Mark Hyde
N side of Mukuvisi River, Mukuvisi Woodland

Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa

Photo: Mark Hyde
N side of Mukuvisi River, Mukuvisi Woodland

Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa

Photo: Mark Hyde
N side of Mukuvisi River, Mukuvisi Woodland

Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa

Photo: Bart Wursten
Between Bunga Camp, Gorongosa National Park and EN1

Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa

Photo: Bart Wursten
Between Bunga Camp, Gorongosa National Park and EN1

Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa

Photo: Bart Wursten
Between Bunga Camp, Gorongosa National Park and EN1

Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa

Photo: Bart Wursten
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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Flora of Burundi: Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa
Flora of Caprivi: Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa
Flora of the DRC: Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa
Flora of Malawi: Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa
Flora of Mozambique: Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa
Flora of Rwanda: Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa
Flora of Zambia: Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa
Flora of Zimbabwe: Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Trochomeria macrocarpa
African Plant Database: Trochomeria macrocarpa
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Trochomeria macrocarpa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Trochomeria macrocarpa
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Trochomeria macrocarpa
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Trochomeria macrocarpa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Trochomeria macrocarpa
JSTOR Plant Science: Trochomeria macrocarpa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Trochomeria macrocarpa
Plants of the World Online: Trochomeria macrocarpa
Tropicos: Trochomeria macrocarpa
Wikipedia: Trochomeria macrocarpa


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Botswana: Species information: Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=157350, retrieved 19 July 2025

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