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Cucumis leiospermus
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Family:
CUCURBITACEAE
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Citation: Cucumis leiospermus (Wight & Arn.) Ghebret. & Thulin, Novon 17: 177. 2007.
Bryonia leiosperma Wight & Arn., Prodr. 1: 345. 1834.
Mukia leiosperma (Wight & Arn.) Wight, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8: 208. 1842; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 623. 1879; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 155. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 137. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 136. 2002.
Melothria leiosperma (Wight & Arn.) Cogn. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 622. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 539(380). 1919; Chakrav., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 11: 81. 1982.
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Description:
Climbers, stems densely pilose. Leaves 6 x 6 cm, shallowly 5-lobed, lobes obtuse, cuspidate, spineus serrate along the margins, coarsely scabrous above, densely tomentose below; petiole 3 cm long, densely villous. Male flowers 2-3 together, fascicled; pedicel 1 cm long, villous; calyx tube 5 mm long, densely villous; petals yellow, glabrous. Berry 8 mm across, globose, glabrous; seeds few, 5 x 2.5 mm, obovate, smooth, emarginate, yellow.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White, Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Vanchikulam, Swamikkayam, Pezha, Aruvikad
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