Trichosanthes schlechteri
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Description
Climber, 4-7 m long, glabrous, leafy stem 2-4 mm diam.;
Leaves:
Fruit green, paler striped, ripening orange-red, ovoid or ellipsoid, 6.5-20 by 4.5-7.5 cm;
Seeds blackish, compressed, (narrowly) elliptic, 16-18 by 8-10 by 3-4 mm, base and apex subtruncate, sometimes ± notched or undulate, margin broad, c. 3 mm wide, edge entire.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present, Bird’s Head present, Central Province present, Cycloop Mts present, East Sepik present, Morobe present, PT. Freeport present, Papua New Guinea present, West Papua present
Malesia: New Guinea (West Papua (Bird’s Head, Cycloop Mts, PT. Freeport); Papua New Guinea (Morobe, East Sepik and Central Provinces)).