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Trichosanthes cucumerina
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Family:
CUCURBITACEAE
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Citation: Trichosanthes cucumerina L., Sp. Pl. 1008. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 609. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 529(373). 1919; Chakrav., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 11: 112. 1982; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 201. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 299. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 215. 1990; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 298. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 156. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 237. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 326. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 395. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Janglichachinda, Kattupadavalam, Kayappanpadavalam, Patolam, Padavalam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Snake gourd, Malabar Patola
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Description:
Vines. Leaves 8-11 x 8-10 cm, palmately 3-5-lobed, broadly ovate or sub-orbicular, base truncate-cordate, margin distantly denticulate, apex acute, lower surface glandular-pubescent, chartaceous; petiole to 3.2 cm. Male flowers in axilliary racemes, ebracteate; pedicel to 2 cm long. Calyx-tube turbinate, glandular-pubscent, lobes linear. Petals oblong-lanceolate, long-fimbriate, white. Stamens 3; pistillodes 3, slender. Female flowers solitary; pedicel to 1.5 cm. Ovary ribbed, pubescent; style to 1.6 cm. Fruits ovoid-fusiform, beaked, white-striped when young, yellow when ripe.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-May
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Forest margins in semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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
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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:
Methaganam, Moozhiar, Konni, Chandanathode, Karasurymala, Kadakarapally, Pooyamkutty, Karuvarakundu
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