Description
Climber to 4 m long, glabrous, leafy stem 2-4 mm diam.;
Leaves:
Fruit ripening (possibly) green, paler or yellowish striped, ellipsoid, c. 6 by 4.5-5 cm, apex not beaked;
Seeds compressed, elliptic, c. 12 by 6 by 2 mm, base truncate, apex rounded, margin faint, edge entire.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Brunei present, Sarawak present); Philippines (Philippines present), Belait present, Bohol present, Daro Forest Reserve present, Tutong present
Malesia: Borneo (Brunei (Belait, Tutong); Sarawak (Daro Forest Reserve)), Philippines (Bohol).
Citation
Rugayah 1999: Trichosanthes (Cucurbitaceae) in Malesia, thesis: 94
Rugayah & W.J.de Wilde 1999 – In: Reinwardtia: 275
