- 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 IPNI) : Solena heterophylla Lour.
- Vernacular name :
- Habit : Climber
- Key identification features : Leaves ovate, oblong, ovate-triangular, or arrow-shaped, margin entire or toothed, tip blunt or tapering; Flowers yellow or yellow-white; Fruit red-brown, broadly ovoid, oblong, or nearly spherical.
- Flower, Fruit : April-August
- Collector(s) Name : D.H.Nicolson, C.Saldanha, T.P.Ramamoorthy
- Collection Date : 06/05/1970
- Collection Locality : Byra state forest
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district
- Karnataka : Hassan district
- Maharashtra : Thane district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Solena heterophylla. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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