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Coccinia

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Coccinia grandis
Species of plant
Coccinia
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 Asia and Southeast 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.
Coccinia abyssinica
species of plant
Coccinia sessilifolia
species of plant
Coccinia grandiflora
species of plant
Coccinia intermedia
species of plant