Accession Data
Kedrostis africana
Common Name: Baboon's Cucumber
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Country of Origin: South Africa, Namibia
Habitat: desert to dry subtropical forest
Uses: Various traditional medicinal uses in its native range, including inducing vomiting and weight loss.
Accession Data
Accession #: 202500026
Accession Date: 2025-03-11 00:00:00
Confirmed At: 2026-03-10 19:18:39
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 2208
Quantity: 1
Source: Smith College
Provenance:
Plant from Smith College, accession 2015-0072
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: eurosids I
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
SubFamily: Cucurbitoideae
Tribe: Melothrieae
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