Oreosyce

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Speciesbox

|genus = Oreosyce

|parent_authority = Hook.f. (1871)

|species = africana

|authority = Hook.f. (1871)

|display_parents = 3

|synonyms = {{collapsible list|bullets=true

|title=Synonymy =

|Hymenosicyos {{small|Chiov. (1911)}}

|Cucumis cecilii {{small|N.E.Br. (1906)}}

|Cucumis membranifolius {{small|Hook.f. (1871)}}

|Cucumis oreosyce {{small|H.Schaef. (2007)}}

|Cucumis parvifolius {{small|Cogn. ex Scott Elliot (1891)}}

|Cucumis subsericeus {{small|Hook.f. (1871)}}

|Hymenosicyos bequaertii {{small|(De Wild.) Harms (1924)}}

|Hymenosicyos membranifolius {{small|(Hook.f.) Chiov. (1911)}}

|Hymenosicyos parviflorus {{small|(Cogn.) Harms (1923)}}

|Hymenosicyos subsericeus {{small|(Hook.f.) Harms (1923)}}

|Hymenosicyos triangularis {{small|(Cogn.) Harms (1923)}}

|Hymenosicyos villosus {{small|(Cogn.) Harms (1923)}}

|Oreosyce bequaertii {{small|De Wild. (1921)}}

|Oreosyce holstii {{small|Cogn. ex Engl. (1895)}}

|Oreosyce parvifolia {{small|Cogn. (1916)}}

|Oreosyce subsericea {{small|(Hook.f.) A.Meeuse (1962)}}

|Oreosyce triangularis {{small|Cogn. (1895)}}

|Oreosyce villosa {{small|Cogn. (1916)}}

|Peponia parviflora {{small|Cogn. (1895)}}

|Peponium parviflorum {{small|(Cogn.) Engl. (1897)}}

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|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:293627-1 Oreosyce africana Hook.f.] Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 11 June 2024.

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Oreosyce africana is a species of flowering plant in the cucumber family, Cucurbitaceae. It is the sole species in genus Oreosyce. It is a climber native to sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar, ranging from Bioko and Cameroon to the west to Ethiopia to the northeast and Limpopo Province of South Africa to the south.