Trichosanthes sepilokensis

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Trichosanthes sepilokensis

Description

Climber, 15-30 m long, thinly grey-brown hairy, early glabrescent, leafy stem 2-4 mm diam.; Leaves: Fruit yellow-green, finely paler speckled, ripening evenly red, subglobose, 10-13 cm long; Seeds brown or blackish, compressed, (narrowly) elliptic, 13-18 by 7-9 by 3-4 mm, margin absent, edge entire.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sabah present), Maliau Valley present, Sepilok Forest Reserve present
Malesia: Borneo (Sabah (Sepilok Forest Reserve and Maliau Valley)).

Citation

W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes 2004 – In: Sandakania: 30
Rugayah 1999: Trichosanthes (Cucurbitaceae) in Malesia, thesis: 146
W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes 2001 – In: Beaman et al., Pl. Mt. Kinabalu: 212