Fruit and leaves; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 12/2008 © Jingxin Liu
Habit; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 12/2008 © Jingxin Liu
Internal reference: 1132 Date of entry: 27.07.2009 Last update: 23.05.2014
Mandarin: 野黄瓜 (ye huang gua)
Kingdom: Plantae (2509)
Phylum: Magnoliophyta (2408)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2040)
Order: Violales (60)
Family: Cucurbitaceae (23) (family description)
Genus: Cucumis (1)
Epithet: hystrix Chakrav. (1)
hystrix => porcupine-like or prickly
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
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