- Family : CUCURBITACEAE
(Gourd Or Melon Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KHARBOOZA FAMILY (खरबूजा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Calceolariaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Trichosanthes pilosa var. pilosa
- Habit : Creeper
- Habitat : Forests
- Key identification features : Herbaceous creepers up to 3 m long; tendrils bifid; Leaves cordate-ovate, acute, denticulate, pubescent on both surfaces; Male flowers in ebracteate racemes; female flowers axillary, solitary; Fruits round, orange or red, pulpy; Seeds compressed.
- Flower, Fruit : January- March
- Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Australia, Bhutan, Borneo, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Australia, Bhutan, Borneo, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Literature :
- P.K . Hajra ., D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri (1996). Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh , Vol (1), Pg : 552-553
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Trichosanthes dicoelosperma. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
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