• Family : CUCURBITACEAE
  (Gourd Or Melon Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : KHARBOOZA FAMILY (खरबूजा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : CUCURBITACEAE
• Basionym : Bryonia leiosperma Wight & Arn.
• Synonym(s) : Melothria leiosperma (Wight & Arn.) Cogn.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cucumis leiospermus (Wight & Arn.) Ghebret. & Thulin
• Habit : Climber
• Habitat : Evergreen and moist deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : Occasional in plains on thickets. Also common along river banks.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Mysore
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Tamil Nadu : Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district)
• Native : India, Sri Lanka
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• 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=Mukia leiosperma. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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