Trichosanthes elmeri
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Description
Climber, 5-10 m long, early glabrescent, at first minutely brown hairy, stem 2-4 mm diam.;
Leaves:
Fruit ripening orange-red, often paler striped, (narrowly) ovoid or ovoid-ellipsoid, 12-20 by 5-10 cm, apex c. 4 mm beaked;
Seeds blackish brown, compressed, (narrowly) or broadly ovate, or subcircular, 16-20 by 11-20 by 3-4.5 mm, base subtruncate, apex ± acute or obtuse, margin broad but obscure, edge entire.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present, Singapore present); Philippines (Philippines present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Palawan present
Malesia: Sumatra, whole of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, whole of Borneo, and Philippines (Palawan).