Herbarium JCB

Mukia maderaspatana (L.) Roem.

Family : CUCURBITACEAE
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 : Trikosaki (San.); Agumnaki (Hin.); Mani thonde, Gubbisavathikaayi (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 2595, KFP 10414, KFP 9829
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
Native : India
Comments : Commonly seen on thickets or in the open.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bagalkot, Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chamrajnagar, Chikamagalur, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Hassan, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Ramanagara, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Yadgir
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1984; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi