Trichosanthes rotundifolia

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Trichosanthes rotundifolia

Description

Climber, 5-15 m long, glabrescent, at first with few hairs, leafy stem 2-3 mm diam.; Leaves: Fruit green, pale yellow striped and speckled, ripening evenly(?) red, (narrowly) ovoid, 8-10 by 5-6 cm, apex c. 3 mm beaked; Seeds pale brown, compressed, subcircular or broadly elliptic, c. 20 by 15 by 4 mm, base and apex broadly rounded, margin faint, inside hollow, chambered, edge entire.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Sumatera (Sumatera present)
Malesia: Sumatra.

Citation

Rugayah 1999: Trichosanthes (Cucurbitaceae) in Malesia, thesis: 156: pl. 20
Rugayah & W.J.de Wilde 1999: p. 275. – In: Reinwardtia: f. 10