Zehneria maysorensis (Wight & Arn.) Arn.

 
  • Family : CUCURBITACEAE
    (Gourd Or Melon Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KHARBOOZA FAMILY (खरबूजा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Cucurbitaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Bryonia maysorensis Wight & Arn.; Melothria lucida (Naudin ex C.Huber) Cogn.; Melothria maysorensis (Wight & Arn.) C.C.Chang; Melothria mucronata var. umbellata Chakrav.; Melothria perpusilla var. deltifrons Ohwi; Pilogyne lucida Naudin ex C.Huber; Pilogyne maysorensis (Wight & Arn.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes; Zehneria lucida (Naudin ex C.Huber) Hook.f.; Zehneria maysorensis var. oblonga V.P.Prasad & M.Prasad; Zehneria maysorensis var. umbellata (Chakrav.) Kumari; Zehneria perpusilla var. deltifrons (Ohwi) H.Ohba
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Zehneria maysorensis Arn.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Degraded forests and grasslands, Tropical evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : On hills above 700m on thickets, rocks and fences
  • Flower, Fruit : June-December
  • Collector(s) Name : Jojo
  • Collection Locality : Adukkam, Kottayam District
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district. West Godavari district
    • Karnataka : Hassan district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kozhikode district
    • Maharashtra : Satara district
    • Odisha : Gajapati district
    • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Dindigul district, Theni district
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
  • Native : Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • Sankar,R.V., R. Kottaimuthu & K. Ravikumar (2009). Additions to the flora of Sirumalai Hills, Eastern Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 1(7): 379-381.
    • Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Herbarium specimen from Paudikkadu, Theni district, Tamil Nadu
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Zehneria maysorensis. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

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