Family: Cucurbitaceae
Synonym: Bryonia maysorensis Wight & Arn.
Habit:
Climber
Habitat:
Degraded forests and grasslands
Flowering
& Fruiting: October-December
Distribution:
India to South East Asia
Key identification features:
Herbaceous climbers; stem slender, glabrous. Leaves alternate, broadly ovate,
cordate at base, acute-acuminate at apex, Plants monoecious. Flowers
cream-yellow. Male flowers subumbellate; Female flowers solitary, axillary or
co-axillary to the male peduncle; Fruits oblong, finely reticulate rugose;
seeds flattened, broadly obovate, smooth at faces.
Uses:
Blood
purifier
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