- Family : CUCURBITACEAE
(Gourd Or Melon Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KHARBOOZA FAMILY (खरबूजा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Cucurbitaceae
- Synonym(s) : Melothria bodinieri H.Lév.; Pilogyne bodinieri (H.Lév.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes; Bryonia cissoides Wall.; Bryonia oxyphylla Wall.; lothria perpusilla var. subtruncata Cogn.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Zehneria bodinieri (H.Lév.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes
- Common name : Asian Zehneria, Emile Bodinieri Zehneria, Wild Cucumber
- Vernacular name :
- Lam thabi (Manipuri), Chirati (Marathi), Naai pagal (Tamil)
- Habit : Climber
- Key identification features : Climber; Stem, branches slender, grooved-angular, hairless or sparsely velvet-hairy; Leaf broadly ovate or rarely triangular-ovate, membranous, basal sinus semicircular, margin wavy-finely toothed; Tendrils thread-like, simple, hairless; Male flowers head-like or cymose inflorescence, flower in cluster, white coloured, Female flowers solitary; Fruiting flower-stalks slender; fruit red when ripe, baccate, spherical,smooth.
- Flower, Fruit : April- August
- Distribution :
- Native : Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Literature :
- Photograph of Dinesh Valke
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Zehneria bodinieri. Downloaded on 12 December 2024.
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