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Actinostemma tenerum

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

Griffith

Propagation

S.

Cultivated

C, for culinary oil

Common Names

• Gokizuru
• He zi cao (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• Fujian
• Guangxi
• Jiangsu
• Jiangxi
• Hebei
• Henan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Liaoning
• Shandong
• S Xizang
• W Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• West Bengal - India
• Japan
• Korea
• Laos
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Beside water
• grassland.

Flowering Times

• Jul-Sep (China)

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Nov (China)

Herbaceous simple or bifid-tendril climber or trailer, monoecious. Trilobed glabrous leaves coarsely toothed leaves to 40mm x 30mm. Male racemes of 3mm greenish-yellow, sepals to 5mm long, petals to 6mm x 1.3mm, female flowers solitary or fasciculate, similar to male. Fruit a glabrous capsule to 25mm long x 20mm with scattered prickles

Cultivated for culinary oil. Medicinal uses

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• FOC
• NYBG
• JDH
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2