Coccinia adoensis(Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Cogn.

WFO wfo-0000612898 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Coccinia adoensis, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. a Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-02-08 / obs. 179702211
Coccinia adoensis, photographed by Tam
fig. b Tam, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 178586626
Coccinia adoensis, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. c Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108794475
Coccinia adoensis, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. d Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108702037
Coccinia adoensis, photographed by Henry de Lange
fig. e Henry de Lange, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 75315820
Coccinia adoensis, photographed by Peter Warren
fig. f Peter Warren, CC0 1.0 / obs. 57697392
Coccinia adoensis, photographed by Aaliyah Motala
fig. g Aaliyah Motala, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 59781796
Coccinia adoensis, photographed by Jimmy Whatmore
fig. h Jimmy Whatmore, CC0 1.0 / obs. 100241604

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Native range 26 botanical countries

Regions where Coccinia adoensis is native: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Ghana, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBotswanaBurundiCameroonCaprivi StripCentral African RepublicChadDR CongoEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaFree StateGhanaKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMalawiMozambiqueNamibiaNigeriaNorthern ProvincesRwandaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Coccinia adoensis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Botswana BOT
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Caprivi Strip CPV
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
DR Congo ZAI
Eritrea ERI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Free State OFS
Ghana GHA
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Rwanda RWA
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 18 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Bryonia convolvuloides A.Rich.
  • Bryonia jatrophifolia A.Rich.
  • Cephalandra pubescens Sond.
  • Coccinia aostae Buscal. & Muschl.
  • Coccinia aurantiaca C.Jeffrey
  • Coccinia diversifolia Cogn.
  • Coccinia djurensis Schweinf. & Gilg
  • Coccinia hartmanniana Schweinf.
  • Coccinia homblei Cogn.
  • Coccinia jatrophifolia (A.Rich.) Cogn.
  • Coccinia parvifolia Cogn.
  • Coccinia princeae Gilg
  • Coccinia pubescens Eyles
  • Coccinia pubescens Cogn. ex Harms
  • Coccinia rigida Cogn.
  • Coccinia roseiflora Suess.
  • Coccinia subspicata Cogn.
  • Momordica adoensis Hochst. ex A.Rich.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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