Trichosanthes edulis var. sativa
Content
Description
Plant glabrescent.
Leaves:
Fruit pyriform-ellipsoid, to c. 25 cm long when fresh;
Seeds brown, compressed, narrowly (elliptic) or obtriangular, 10-12 by 5-8 by c. 1 mm, shallowly or deeply notched on one or both ends, edge entire or finely crenulate, not grooved in the middle.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Bismarck Archipelago (Bismarck Archipelago present); New Guinea present, Eastern Highlands present, Papua New Guinea present, Simbu Province present, Western Highlands present, montane areas of Central West Papua present
Malesia: New Guinea (montane areas of Central West Papua and Papua New Guinea (Western Highlands, Eastern Highlands, and Simbu Provinces, and Bismarck Archipelago)).