Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Climber
Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M. Roem.
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📚 Overview
Description
Prostrate or climbing scabrid herbs; tendrils simple. Leaves 4-8 x 3-7 cm, ovate-deltoid, angular or shallowly 3-5-lobed, base cordate, margin denticulate, apex accuminate, mucronate, scabrid on both sides; petiole to 6 cm. Male flowers in axillary, sessile clusters. Calyx tube to 2 mm, villous; lobes subulate, erect. Petals 5 , c. 3 mm long, ovate-oblong, obtuse, yellow. Stamens 3, free, inserted at base of calyx tube; anthers oblong, ciliate. Female flowers solitary or in clusters. Ovary villous. Berry c. 1.2 cm across, globose, red. Seeds lenticular, rugose.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Habit: Climber
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Deciduous forests, also in the plains
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Deciduous forests, also in the plains
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Global Distribution
Paleotropics
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Maharashtra: Common throughout
Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara
Kerala: All districts
Tamil Nadu: All districts
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Global Distribution
India: Assam, Maharastra, Punjab; China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand
Local Distribution
Assam
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
- Melothria maderaspatana (L.) Cogn. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 623. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 539(381). 1919; Chakrav., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 11: 83. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 195. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 177. 1985; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 213. 1990.
- Bryonia cordifolia L., Sp. Pl. Pl. 1012. 1753.
- Bryonia scabrella L.f., Suppl. Pl. 424. 1781.
- Mukia maderaspatana (L.) Roem., Syn. Monogr. 2: 47. 1846; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 179. 1989; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 123. 1982; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 200. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 296. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 209. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 154. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 16. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 204. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 135. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 294. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 155. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 137. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 136. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 236. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 323. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 393. 2009.
- Cucumis maderaspatanus L., Sp. Pl. 1012. 1753.
- Mukia scabrella (L. f.) Arn. in Hook.'s, J. Bot. 3: 276. 1841; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 623. 1879.
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
- Melothria maderaspatana (L.) Cogn. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 623. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 539(381). 1919; Chakrav., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 11: 83. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 195. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 177. 1985; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 213. 1990.
- Bryonia cordifolia L., Sp. Pl. Pl. 1012. 1753.
- Bryonia scabrella L.f., Suppl. Pl. 424. 1781.
- Mukia maderaspatana (L.) Roem., Syn. Monogr. 2: 47. 1846; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 179. 1989; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 123. 1982; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 200. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 296. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 209. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 154. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 16. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 204. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 135. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 294. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 155. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 137. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 136. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 236. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 323. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 393. 2009.
- Cucumis maderaspatanus L., Sp. Pl. 1012. 1753.
- Mukia scabrella (L. f.) Arn. in Hook.'s, J. Bot. 3: 276. 1841; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 623. 1879.
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Cucurbitales |
Family | Cucurbitaceae |
Genus | Cucumis |
Species | Cucumis maderaspatanus L. |
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