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Benincasa fistulosa

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(Stocks) H. Schaefer & S.S. Renner

Hardiness Zone

Min10C

Common Names

• Tinda (Urdu
• Hindi)
• Indian Squash
• Round Melon
• Indian Round Gourd
• Apple Gourd
• Dhemase or Bimbi or Kondvalli or Tendli (Marathi)

Geographical Habitats

• NW. & N. India
• Pakistan

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Mar-Sep (India)

Fruiting Times

Climber, young shoots densely villous, older stems scabrous, bifid to 5fid tendrils. Scabrous pinnatifid dentate hairy leaves to 150mm long. Axillary yellow flowers to 30mm diameter, male flowers with calyx to 8mm long, female flowers with sepals 5mm long. Globose berry 120mm diameter, glabrous when mature.

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• Rubatzky 1997
• HJB
• Flowers of India
• Prota $U