Fruits; Ngũ Lạc, Duyên Hải District, Trà Vinh, Vietnam; 12/2019 © Jörn Germer
Flower; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 7/1998 © Jörn Germer
Branch with fruits; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 12/2008 © Jingxin Liu
Branch with fruits; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 12/2008 © Jingxin Liu
Habit on oil palm trunk; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 4/1998 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Ngũ Lạc, Duyên Hải District, Trà Vinh, Vietnam; 12/2019 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1121
Date of entry: 20.07.2009
Last update: 22.07.2024
Mandarin: 帽儿瓜 (mao er gua)
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Cucurbitales (26)
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