Kedrostis nana (Lam.) Cogn. is a plant in the Cucurbitaceae family, order Cucurbitales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Kedrostis nana (Lam.) Cogn.

Kedrostis nana (Lam.) Cogn.

Kedrostis nana is a dioecious flowering plant that differs from close relatives in leaf shape and breeding system.

Family
Genus
Kedrostis
Order
Cucurbitales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Kedrostis nana (Lam.) Cogn.

Kedrostis nana (Lam.) Cogn. is a dioecious plant. Its leaves are often almost entire and only barely lobed, which differs from its close relatives Kedrostis africana and Kedrostis capensis: those species are monoecious and have deeply lobed leaves. In its natural habitat, this species produces greenish flowers during February and March.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Cucurbitales Cucurbitaceae Kedrostis

More from Cucurbitaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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