Solena heterophylla subsp. heterophylla
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Description
Climber 2-6 m long, perennial, leafy stem 2-3 mm diam., plant sparingly pubescent in younger parts, glabrescent;
Leaves:
Fruit green, paler striped, ripening yellow or red, (narrowly-)ellipsoid, 2-5 by 1.5-2.5 cm, velutinous or scabrous;
Seeds (5-)10-20, grey, nearly globose or somewhat elongate, little compressed, (5-)6-7 mm long, c. 5 mm thick, smooth, margin faint, edge entire.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo absent; Jawa (Jawa present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera absent), East Malesia absent, Pahang present, Perak present, Terengganu present, from NE Afghanistan, the Himalayas, through northern India to South & East China and SE to Myanmar, Thailand, and Indochina present
Widely distributed,from NE Afghanistan, the Himalayas, through northern India to South & East China and SE to Myanmar, Thailand, and Indochina; in Malesia: Peninsular Malaysia (Perak, Terengganu, and Pahang), and Java; not in Sumatra, Borneo, and East Malesia.