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Zehneria maysorensis var. maysorensis
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Family:
CUCURBITACEAE
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Citation: Zehneria maysorensis (Wight & Arn.) Arn. in Hook.'s, J. Bot. 3: 275. 1841, var. maysorensis; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 180. 1989; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 122. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 216. 1990; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 22,36. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 206. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 136. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 46. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 301. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 157. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 69. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 137. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 292. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 238. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 397. 2009.
Bryonia maysorensis Wight & Arn., Prodr. 345. 1834.
Melothria mucronata sensu Chakrav. Rec. Bot. Sur. India 17: 148. 1959, non (Blume) Cogn. 1881.
Melothria perpusilla var. subtruncata Cogn. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan 3: 606. 1881; Chakrav., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 11: 86. 1982.
Melothria perpusilla sensu Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 538(380). 1919, non (Blume) Cogn. 1881.
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Description:
Herbaceous climbers; stem slender, glabrous. Leaves shallowly 3-angled, alternate, 7-8 by 6.5-8 cm, broadly ovate, cordate at base, acute-acuminate at apex, serrate along margins, minutely and densely punctuate above, glabrous to minutely papillate beneath; nerves usually sparsely hispid beneath; petiole 2-3 cm long, glabrous or sparsely hispid beneath near the lamina; tendrils simple. Plants monoecious. Flowers cream-yellow. Male flowers subumbellate; peduncle 2-4 cm long; pedicels ca 2 mm long. Calyx tube campanulate, ca 3 mm long, glabrous outside, hairy inside; lobes minute, teeth-like. Corolla lobes ovate, acute at apex, ca 2.5 mm long. Stamens 3; filaments ca 3 mm long; anthers ca 1 by 1.25 mm, papillose. Disk ca 0.5 by 0.75 mm. Female flowers solitary, axillary or co-axillary to the male peduncle; pedicels ca 2 mm long. Calyx oblong, ca 6 by 2 mm. Style ca 3.5 mm long; stigma spreading. Disk 3-lobed, ca 0.75 by 1.25 mm. Staminodes 3, filiform, ca 3 mm long, hairy. Fruits oblong, ca 1.7 x 1.1 cm, finely reticulate rugose; seeds flattened, broadly obovate, 3.5 by 2 mm, smooth at faces.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Kozhikkode, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded forests and grasslands
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Distribution:
India to South East Asia
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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):
Yellow, 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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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-1400
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Localities:
Peechi, Rosemala, Kallar, Koruthode, Karimala, Nelluyampathy forests, Mukkali forests, Damsite, Sabarimala, Moozhiar, Nadugani ghats, Thalichola, Vellarimala, Pongalapara
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