The open plant encyclopedia
Snap a photo or search by any name to see how to care for it, where it comes from, whether it's safe, and a 3D model you can turn.
The plants people record most in your country, and ones that grow there wild.
Filter by what you want to do, shape, origin, country, care and safety.
Coccinia sessilifolia
Also called Porcupine Bushpumpkin
Coccinia sessilifolia is a perennial, dioecious climber from southern Africa with a woody underground tuber and shoots up to 5 m long. It is a drought-tolerant species grown mainly for its tuber and climbing habit in dry, warm conditions.
Coccinia sessilifolia is a species of Coccinia from southern Africa.
Coccinia sessilifolia occurs in South Africa (Gauteng, Free State, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, and western Northern Cape), Namibia (Erongo, Khomas, Oshana, Otjozondjupa), and Botswana (Central District. Kgatleng, North-West District, South-East District).
Coccinia abyssinica · Coccinia grandiflora · Ivy gourd · Coccinia intermedia · Coccinia pwaniensis · Bushpumpkins
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Coccinia sessilifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
