Common name
Mandarin: 帽儿瓜 (mao er gua)
Mandarin: 帽儿瓜 (mao er gua)
Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Cucurbitales (28)
Family: Cucurbitaceae (26)(family description)
Genus: Cucumis (2)
Epithet: maderaspatanus L. (1)
Synonyms: Bryonia althaeoides Ser., Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M.Roem.
althaeoides => resembling Althaea
maderaspatana => from the Madras region of India
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow