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Oreosyce
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily:	Cucurbitoideae
Tribe:	Benincaseae
Genus:	Oreosyce; Hook.f. (1871)
Species:	O. africana
Binomial name
	Oreosyce africana; Hook.f. (1871)
Synonyms
	Synonymy = Hymenosicyos Chiov. (1911) ; Cucumis cecilii N.E.Br. (1906) ; Cucumis membranifolius Hook.f. (1871) ; Cucumis oreosyce H.Schaef. (2007) ; Cucumis parvifolius Cogn. ex Scott Elliot (1891) ; Cucumis subsericeus Hook.f. (1871) ; Hymenosicyos bequaertii (De Wild.) Harms (1924) ; Hymenosicyos membranifolius (Hook.f.) Chiov. (1911) ; Hymenosicyos parviflorus (Cogn.) Harms (1923) ; Hymenosicyos subsericeus (Hook.f.) Harms (1923) ; Hymenosicyos triangularis (Cogn.) Harms (1923) ; Hymenosicyos villosus (Cogn.) Harms (1923) ; Oreosyce bequaertii De Wild. (1921) ; Oreosyce holstii Cogn. ex Engl. (1895) ; Oreosyce parvifolia Cogn. (1916) ; Oreosyce subsericea (Hook.f.) A.Meeuse (1962) ; Oreosyce triangularis Cogn. (1895) ; Oreosyce villosa Cogn. (1916) ; Peponia parviflora Cogn. (1895) ; Peponium parviflorum (Cogn.) Engl. (1897) ;

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.^[1]

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