Trichosanthes dentifera
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Description
Tall climber, with sparse minute grey hairs, early glabrescent, leafy stem 3-4 mm diam.;
Leaves:
Fruit ripening red, ellipsoid or (sub)globose, 10-12 by 5.5-7 cm, apex c. 2 mm beaked;
Seeds brown, densely packed, compressed, ± narrowly elliptic, ± parallel-sided, 12-13 by 5 by 2 mm, base cuneate, apex ± notched, margin faint, edge (sub)entire.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present, Bougainville Is present, Papua New Guinea present, Vanuatu present, Woodlark Is present
Vanuatu; in Malesia: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea (Woodlark Is., Bougainville Is.)).