Cayaponia racemosa (Mill.) Cogn.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Cucurbitaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Cayaponia racemosa (Mill.) Cogn.

  • Description

    Species Description - A somewhat woody, often high-climbing vine, up to 7 m. long, the stem and branches glabrous. Leaves ovate-orbicular in outline, 6-13 cm. long, variously lobed, or the upper entire or nearly so, acute or acuminate at the apex, cordate or subreniform at the base, scabrous above, puberulent or hispidulous beneath, the rather slender petioles 2-7 cm. long; flowers racemose or racemose-paniculate, distant; pedicels 3-6 mm. long; calyx campanulate, 34 mm. long, its teeth triangular-ovate, very small; corolla about 1 cm. broad; pepo oblong, red, 1-2 cm. long.

  • Distribution

    Coppices and clearings, Abaco, New Providence: Cuba to Tortola ; Tobago; Trinidad and continental tropical America. Racemose Cayaponia.

    Great Abaco Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Cuba South America| Tortola Virgin Islands South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America|