Momordica boivinii SEEDS

Momordica boivinii seeds grow into a climbing tuberous geophyte with a wide distribution from southern Ethiopia south through Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana and KwaZulu-Natal to South Africa one of the most widely ranging Momordica species in continental Africa. Named after Louis Boivin, the French botanist and collector who worked in East Africa and the Mascarene Islands in the mid-nineteenth century, this member of Cucurbitaceae develops a tuberous underground storage root from which vigorous climbing stems arise seasonally, bearing ornamental fruits characteristic of the genus. Family Cucurbitaceae.

Sharp drainage, warm conditions and a dry dormancy rest replicate the seasonal conditions of its wide East and southern African range.

• Climbing tuberous geophyte; underground storage root; seasonal vigorous stems
• S. Ethiopia to S. Africa one of the widest-ranging African Momordica species
• Named after Louis Boivin, French botanist and East African collector
• Ornamental fruits; seasonally dry tropical biome; Family Cucurbitaceae
• Warm conditions; sharp drainage; dry dormancy rest

Momordica boivinii is a wide-ranging East and southern African tuberous geophyte honouring one of the important early botanical collectors of the region a climbing Cucurbitaceae with a distribution spanning from Ethiopia to South Africa and a rewarding tuberous caudex for collectors of African dry-tropical flora.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.