Cucurbitaceae
Kedrostis foetidissima
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Kedrostis
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Common names
By language (1)
- Hausa
- Barkonon biri
Synonyms
- Aechmandra rostrata Arn.
- Bryonia foetidissima Schumach. & Thonn.
- Bryonia perrottetiana Ser.
- Bryonia pilosa Roxb.
- Bryonia prostrata D.Dietr.
- Bryonia rostrata Rottler
- Cyrtonema convolvulaceum Hochst.
- Cyrtonema divergens Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Cyrtonema foetens Hochst. ex Hook.f.
- Kedrostis foetidissima subsp. obtusiloba Meeuse
- Kedrostis obtusiloba (Sond.) Cogn.
- Kedrostis rostrata (Rottler) Cogn.
- Melothria foetida Desr.
- Melothria foetidissima (Jacq.) Roberty
- Rhynchocarpa foetida (Desr.) Schrad.
- Rhynchocarpa foetida C.B.Clarke
- Rhynchocarpa foetidissima (Jacq.) Walp.
- Rhynchocarpa rostrata (Rottler) Naudin
- Trichosanthes foetidissima Jacq.
- Zehneria obtusiloba Sond.
Flowers
- In flower
- December to May (from 16 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Wynand Uys, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Hildegard Klein, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Hildegard Klein, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hildegard Klein, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: dune_ninja, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Prince Molokomme, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: dune_ninja, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.