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Zehneria capillacea

Family
Cucurbitaceae (Gourd family)
Grows as
Climber
Native range
W. Trop. Africa to Uganda and Angola
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Zehneria capillacea is a herbaceous climbing herb of the Cucurbitaceae family native to many countries in West and Central Africa.

Uses

Leaf extracts from the herb are used as ingredients to prepare certain vegetable soups in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.

Other Zehneria plants

Zehneria alba · Zehneria baueriana · Zehneria maysorensis · Cape Zehn · Zehneria tridactyla · Zehneria

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zehneria capillacea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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