Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt

 
  • Family : CUCURBITACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Cucurbitaceae
  • Species : Coccinia grandis
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt
  • Common name : Ivy Gourd
  • Vernacular name : Bimbi, Bimbika (San.); Bimb, Kanturi (Hin.); Thonde balli (Kan.)
  • Collection Nos : KFP 1044, KFP 1463
  • Key identification features : A tendril climber with simple, alternate, lobed leaves. Flowers are solitary, 2.5-3.2 cm across and bell-shaped, male and female being on the same vine. Fruit is fleshy with many seeds.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka
  • Comments : It is a rampant vine that grows over bushes and small trees.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bijapur, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Dakshina Kannada, Gulbarga, Kodagu, Mysore, Raichur, Tumkur, Udupi
  • Floras referred : Saldanha, 1984; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere

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