Trichosanthes laeoica

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Trichosanthes laeoica

Description

Climber, 3-6 m long, glabrescent or pale brown hairy, leafy stem 3-5 mm diam.; Leaves: Fruit ripening evenly red, (sub)globose, (narrowly) ellipsoid or pyriform, 10-20 by 5-9.5 cm, glabrous or sparsely hairy; Seeds pale or dark brown, compressed, narrowly elliptic or ± parallel-sided, 12-17 by 4-6(-7) by 2 mm, notched at one or both ends, margin faint, edge entire or faintly undulate.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present
Malesia: New Guinea; 4 forms.

Citation

Rugayah & W.J.de Wilde 1999 – In: Reinwardtia: 262
Rugayah 1999: Trichosanthes (Cucurbitaceae) in Malesia, thesis: 173