• Family : CUCURBITACEAE
  (Gourd Or Melon Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : KHARBOOZA FAMILY (खरबूजा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : CUCURBITACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cucumis melo L.
• Vernacular name : Kaattuthummatti (Tamil); Kodibudama, Adavi Puchcha (Telugu); Bhakura, Bislambhi, Jangli indrayan (Hindi)
• Habit : Climber
• Flower, Fruit : August-March
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Veldurthi R.F. (Kurnool district), Chandragiri Hills (Chittoor district), Amudalakonda Hills (Chittoor district), Rampa Hills (East Godavari district), Visakhapatnam district
  • Odisha : Brooks Hills (SBP)
  • Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills, Bodamalai Hills, Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Chitteri Hills, Dharmapuri Hills, Theerthamalai Hills (Dharmapuri district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district, former North Arcot), Piranmalai Hills (Sivagangai district), Gingee Hill (Villupuram district), Javadhu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot)
• World Distribution : Tropical Asia
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Pullaiah et all 2007. Flora of Eastern Ghats vol 3.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cucumis trigonus. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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