Cucurbitaceae
Porcupine potato
Kedrostis nana
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Kedrostis
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Common names
By language (2)
- Afrikaans
- Dawidjieswortel, Ystervarkpatat
- English
- Porcupine potato
Synonyms
- Bryonia nana Lam.
- Bryonia triloba Thunb.
- Bryonia trilobata Ser.
- Coniandra mollis Sond.
- Coniandra thunbergii Sond.
- Cyrtonema latilobum Schrad.
- Cyrtonema molle Kunze
- Cyrtonema trilobum Schrad.
- Kedrostis angulata (Berg.) Fourc.
- Kedrostis mollis (Sond.) Cogn.
- Kedrostis nana var. nana
- Kedrostis triloba Druce
- Kedrostis velutina Cogn.
- Melothria hederacea (Sond.) Cogn.
- Zehneria hederacea Sond.
Photos
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.