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Hodgsonia heteroclita

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(Roxburgh) Hooker f. & Thomson

Common Names

• You zha guo (Pinyin)
• nang-mu (Myanmar)
• Wettha-kauk (Myanmar)
• Aroy-pitjung-Tjelleng (Java)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Cambodia
• Guangxi
• SE. Xizang
• S. Yunnan - China
• Assam - India
• Java - Indonesia
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Montane thickets

Flowering Times

• Jun-Oct (China)

Fruiting Times

• Jun-Oct (China)

Large woody glabrous 2-3 branched tendril climber with male racemes of yellow flowers, white inside, to 50mm with fimbriate fringes to 150mm, female flowers solitary tinged yellow inside, fringed corolla, tomentose fruit reddish-brown 250mm x 160mm, glabrous 3-5 lobed leaves

Further References

• FOC
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• Botanicus