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Melothria trilobata

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

Cogniaux

Common Names

• Granadia (Spanish)
• Güisquil Cimarrón (Spanish)
• Pepino de Ratón (Spanish)
• Sandillita (Spanish)
• Wild Melon
• Comida de Vibora
• Patilla de Monte (Spanish)

Geographical Habitats

• NE. Argentina
• Belize
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Guyana
• Honduras
• S. Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• riversides
• secondary forest
• floodplain forest

Flowering Times

• Oct-Mar

Fruiting Times

• Oct-Mar

Climbing or creeping monoecious glabrous simple tendril vine with 3-5 lobed scabrous leaves. Racemes to 7 flowers 30mm long, 5mm long yellow flowers, calyx tube 4mm long, villous corolla. Fruit to 65mm long x 35mm , pale green striped dark green, maturing orange-red.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• NYBG
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Standley