- Family : CUCURBITACEAE
(GOURD FAMILY or MELON FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Cucurbitaceae
- Species : Mukia maderaspatana
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M.Roem.
- Common name : Madras Pea Pumpkin
- Vernacular name : Agumnaki, Bilari (Hin.); Mani thonde, Gubbisavathikaayi (Kan.); Mosumosukkai (Tam.); Trikosaki (San.)
- Key identification features : A tendril-climbing annual herb. Leaves alternate, slightly lobed, triangular, margin dentate, varying in shape and size. Flowers are small, axillary, both male and female flowers on the same plant, 6-8 mm across. Fruit is fleshy, small and often striped.
- Habit : Climber
- Flower, Fruit : September-February
- Comments : Common in plains on thickets and fences.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
- World Distribution : Africa, India, Myanmar, China, Taiwan, Malesia, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Mukia maderaspatana. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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