Description
Climber to 5 m long, whitish or brown soft hairy, hairs 1-2 mm long, leafy stem 2-4 mm diam.;
Leaves:
Fruit ripening (yellow-)green with whitish stripes, ellipsoid, 9-10 by c. 6 cm, apex shortly beaked;
Seeds tumid, broad, with two inflated lateral parts, c. 10 by 18 by 4 mm, margin absent, edge entire, smooth.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present, Sabah, in a restricted area below the entrance of Kinabalu Park endemic
Malesia: Borneo (endemic to Sabah, in a restricted area below the entrance of Kinabalu Park).
Citation
W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes 2004 – In: Sandakania: 25
Rugayah 1999: Trichosanthes (Cucurbitaceae) in Malesia, thesis: 80: pl. 1
W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes 2001: p. 211. – In: Beaman et al., Pl. Mt. Kinabalu: pl. 17: a, b
