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Coccinia Palmata
The scarlet gourds are a genus (''Coccinia'' from the Greek, ''kokkinia'' or ''kokkinias'' - "red" or "scarlet") with 25 species. It is distributed in sub-Saharan Africa and with one species, ''C. grandis'' also in South and South-east Asia, and it is also introduced into the New World. Incidentally, ''C. grandis'' is also a cultivated crop and it is used for culinary and medical purposes. Description ''Coccinia'' species are perennial climbing or creeping herbs. Climbing is supported by simple of unequally bifid tendrils. Most species develop a tuber from the hypocotyl, sometimes on roots. The cotyledons are simple, entire and have an blunt tip. The leaves are usually stalked, rarely sessile. The leaves are simple to deeply lobed, usually with teeth along the margin. The lower leaf side often bears small nectar-producing glands. ''Coccinia'' species are dioecious, meaning that individual plants produce flowers with only male or only female organs. The sepals are conne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coccinia Grandis
''Coccinia grandis'', the ivy gourd, also known as scarlet gourd, tindora and kowai fruit, is a tropical vine. It grows primarily in tropical climates and is commonly found in the Indian states, where it forms a part of the local cuisine. ''Coccinia grandis'' is cooked as a vegetable. In Southeast Asia, it is grown for its edible young shoots and edible fruits. Names in other languages ''Coccinia grandis'' is known as: * ''कुन्द्रू'' (''Kundru'') or ''तेंडली'' (''Tendli'') in Hindi, Konkani, and Urdu * ''ટીંડોરા'' (''Tindora'') in Gujarati * ''तोंडली '' (''Tondli'') in Marathi'' * ''கோவை'' (''Kovai'') in Tamil * ''കോവക്ക'' (''Kovakka'') in Malayalam * ''దొండ కాయ / Donda kaya'' in Telugu * ''ತೊಂಡೆ ಕಾಯಿ'' (''Tonde Kayi'') in Kannada * ''তেলাকুচা'' (''Telakucha'') or ''কুঁঁদরি'' (''Kundri'') or ''তোরুনি'' (''Toruni)'' in Bengali * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coccinia Pwaniensis
''Coccinia pwaniensis'' is an East African species of ''Coccinia'' that was first described in 2010. Description Perennial, dioecious climber. Shoot length up to 3 m. Young shoots are glabrous and green and later make a grey to reddish-grey bark. Leaves are alternate with 0.6 to 4.1 cm long petiole, lamina 2–10 × 2.7–11.4 cm, shallowly to profoundly 3-lobate (rarely 5-lobate). Upper lamina glabrous with clear to whitish pustules. Lower lamina and petiole with sparse hairs that appear wart-like when broken off. Tendrils simple. Probracts 2–3 mm long. Flowers in male plants in long many-flowered racemes, in female plants solitary. Calyx with 5 very acute ("subulate"), 2.5–3.5 mm long lobes. Corolla 1.7–2.6 cm long, pale yellowish-orange. Stamens in male flowers 3, combined to a single column. Anthers sinuate, in a globose head. Fruits short cylindrical, 6.2–8.0 cm long and 1.8–2.3 cm in diameter. Seeds 6.5–7.0 × 4.0– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hook
A hook is a tool consisting of a length of material, typically metal, that contains a portion that is curved or indented, such that it can be used to grab onto, connect, or otherwise attach itself onto another object. In a number of uses, one end of the hook is pointed, so that this end can pierce another material, which is then held by the curved or indented portion. Some kinds of hooks, particularly fish hooks, also have a barb, a backwards-pointed projection near the pointed end of the hook to ensure that once the hook is embedded in its target, it can not easily be removed. Variations * Bagging hook, a large sickle or reaping hook used for harvesting grain * Bondage hook, used in sexual bondage play * Cabin hook, a hooked bar that engages into an eye screw, used on doors * Cap hook, hat ornament of the 15th and 16th centuries * Cargo hook (helicopter), different types of hook systems for helicopters * Crochet hook, used for crocheting thread or yarn * Drapery hook, for ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coccinia Trilobata
The scarlet gourds are a genus (''Coccinia'' from the Greek, ''kokkinia'' or ''kokkinias'' - "red" or "scarlet") with 25 species. It is distributed in sub-Saharan Africa and with one species, ''C. grandis'' also in South and South-east Asia, and it is also introduced into the New World. Incidentally, ''C. grandis'' is also a cultivated crop and it is used for culinary and medical purposes. Description ''Coccinia'' species are perennial climbing or creeping herbs. Climbing is supported by simple of unequally bifid tendrils. Most species develop a tuber from the hypocotyl, sometimes on roots. The cotyledons are simple, entire and have an blunt tip. The leaves are usually stalked, rarely sessile. The leaves are simple to deeply lobed, usually with teeth along the margin. The lower leaf side often bears small nectar-producing glands. ''Coccinia'' species are dioecious, meaning that individual plants produce flowers with only male or only female organs. The sepals are connected an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coccinia Subsessiliflora
The scarlet gourds are a genus (''Coccinia'' from the Greek, ''kokkinia'' or ''kokkinias'' - "red" or "scarlet") with 25 species. It is distributed in sub-Saharan Africa and with one species, ''C. grandis'' also in South and South-east Asia, and it is also introduced into the New World. Incidentally, ''C. grandis'' is also a cultivated crop and it is used for culinary and medical purposes. Description ''Coccinia'' species are perennial climbing or creeping herbs. Climbing is supported by simple of unequally bifid tendrils. Most species develop a tuber from the hypocotyl, sometimes on roots. The cotyledons are simple, entire and have an blunt tip. The leaves are usually stalked, rarely sessile. The leaves are simple to deeply lobed, usually with teeth along the margin. The lower leaf side often bears small nectar-producing glands. ''Coccinia'' species are dioecious, meaning that individual plants produce flowers with only male or only female organs. The sepals are connected an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coccinia Sessilifolia
''Coccinia sessilifolia'' is a species of ''Coccinia'' from southern Africa. Description Perennial, dioecious climber. The plants produce a woody hypocotyl tuber and herbaceous, up to 5 m long shoots. The shoots are glabrous and have a waxy bluish green cover. Leaves are alternate usually sessile. Only the first leaves leaves of the shoots and in rare cases on mature shoots, short petioles can be observed. The lamina is 1.5–12.5 × 2.2–13.5 cm, usually profoundly 5-lobate, more or less amplexicaulous. Upper lamina glabrous with clear to whitish pustules. Lower lamina paler than upper lamina, glabrous, often with small dark glands along the main nerves. Tendrils are simple, very rarely unequally bifid. Probracts up to 1.7 mm long but usually missing. Flowers in each sex usually solitary, sometimes male flowers are in few-flowered racemes. Receptacle pale green, glabrous. Calyx teeth 1.5–3.5 mm long, lanceolate to (narrow) triangulate, erect to re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coccinia Senensis
The scarlet gourds are a genus (''Coccinia'' from the Greek, ''kokkinia'' or ''kokkinias'' - "red" or "scarlet") with 25 species. It is distributed in sub-Saharan Africa and with one species, ''C. grandis'' also in South and South-east Asia, and it is also introduced into the New World. Incidentally, ''C. grandis'' is also a cultivated crop and it is used for culinary and medical purposes. Description ''Coccinia'' species are perennial climbing or creeping herbs. Climbing is supported by simple of unequally bifid tendrils. Most species develop a tuber from the hypocotyl, sometimes on roots. The cotyledons are simple, entire and have an blunt tip. The leaves are usually stalked, rarely sessile. The leaves are simple to deeply lobed, usually with teeth along the margin. The lower leaf side often bears small nectar-producing glands. ''Coccinia'' species are dioecious, meaning that individual plants produce flowers with only male or only female organs. The sepals are connected an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coccinia Schliebenii
The scarlet gourds are a genus (''Coccinia'' from the Greek, ''kokkinia'' or ''kokkinias'' - "red" or "scarlet") with 25 species. It is distributed in sub- Saharan Africa and with one species, ''C. grandis'' also in South and South-east Asia, and it is also introduced into the New World. Incidentally, ''C. grandis'' is also a cultivated crop and it is used for culinary and medical purposes. Description ''Coccinia'' species are perennial climbing or creeping herbs. Climbing is supported by simple of unequally bifid tendrils. Most species develop a tuber from the hypocotyl, sometimes on roots. The cotyledons are simple, entire and have an blunt tip. The leaves are usually stalked, rarely sessile. The leaves are simple to deeply lobed, usually with teeth along the margin. The lower leaf side often bears small nectar-producing glands. ''Coccinia'' species are dioecious, meaning that individual plants produce flowers with only male or only female organs. The sepals are connect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coccinia Samburuensis
The scarlet gourds are a genus (''Coccinia'' from the Greek, ''kokkinia'' or ''kokkinias'' - "red" or "scarlet") with 25 species. It is distributed in sub- Saharan Africa and with one species, ''C. grandis'' also in South and South-east Asia, and it is also introduced into the New World. Incidentally, ''C. grandis'' is also a cultivated crop and it is used for culinary and medical purposes. Description ''Coccinia'' species are perennial climbing or creeping herbs. Climbing is supported by simple of unequally bifid tendrils. Most species develop a tuber from the hypocotyl, sometimes on roots. The cotyledons are simple, entire and have an blunt tip. The leaves are usually stalked, rarely sessile. The leaves are simple to deeply lobed, usually with teeth along the margin. The lower leaf side often bears small nectar-producing glands. ''Coccinia'' species are dioecious, meaning that individual plants produce flowers with only male or only female organs. The sepals are connect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
