Zehneria scabra (L.f.) Sond.
subsp. scabra

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Along main road between Lake Kaulime turn-off and Kaperepeze road, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms:	Bryonia scabra L.f.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Prostrate or climbing herb with annual stems, up to 6 m long. Leaves more or less broadly ovate in outline, usually unlobed but occasionally 3-5-lobed, deep green and with rough hairs above, paler below, cordate at the base; margin prominently toothed. Flowers small, unisexual on different plants; male flowers in axillary clusters; female flowers solitary or in few-flowered clusters, white. Fruit in clusters, spherical, 8-13 mm in diameter, hairless, bright red when ripe.
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Derivation of specific name:	scabra: rough, referring to the leaf surface.
Habitat:	In forest and on forest margins, riverine fringes and exotic plantations.
Altitude range:	600 - 2250 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in Tropical Africa, South Africa, Arabia, India, Java and the Philippines.
Malawi distribution:	N,C,S
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 19 October 2022
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. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 59. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 24. As Zehneria scabra Jeffrey, C. (1978). Cucurbitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 478 - 479. 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. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 74.

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