Coccinia
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The Scarlet gourds is a genus with 28-30 species.. It is distributed in sub-Sahara
n Africa
and with one species in South and Southeast Asia that is also introduced into the New World. It is best known for the cultivated crop C. grandis
, the Ivy gourd.
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Sahara
The Sahara is the world's second largest desert, after Antarctica. At over , it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as Europe or the United States. The Sahara stretches from the Red Sea, including parts of the Mediterranean coasts, to the outskirts of the Atlantic Ocean...
n Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
and with one species in South and Southeast Asia that is also introduced into the New World. It is best known for the cultivated crop C. grandis
Coccinia grandis
Coccinia grandis, the ivy gourd, also known as baby watermelon, little gourd or gentleman's toes is a tropical vine.- Geographic spread :...
, the Ivy gourd.
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