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Momordica cochinchinensis
Momordica cochinchinensis
- Botanic Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Author
- (Loureiro) Sprengel
Common Names
- Spiny Bitter Cucumber
- Sweet Gourd
- Chinese Cucumber
- Kakura
- Kheksa
- Mu bie zi (Pinyin)
- Kakrol (India)
- Hpak-se-saw or Samon-nwe or Taw-thabut or Tha-myet or Samyit or Tha-byet (Myanmar)
- Gac or Mak kao or Quâ gac (Vietnam)
- Kakrole (Bangladesh)
- Gulkakra
- Katamala
- Teasle Gourd
- Gangerua
- Shejlock Shak
- Achampol
- Kang-chaing-za
- Samongnway (Myanmar)
- Mu Pieh Tzu or Fan Muh Pee (China)
- Day Gae (Vietnamese)
- Karka (Sanskrit)
Geographical Habitats
- Queensland - Australia
- Bangladesh
- Borneo
- Cambodia
- Anhui
- Fujian
- Guangdong
- Guangxi
- Guizhou
- Hunan
- Jiangsu
- Jiangxi
- Sichuan
- Taiwan
- Xizang
- Yunnan
- Zhejiang - China
- India
- Java
- Maluku
- Sulawesi
- Sumatra - Indonesia
- Japan
- Laos
- Kelantan
- Pahang
- Penang
- Perak
- Selangor - Malaysia
- Myanmar
- New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Thailand
- Vietnam
Natural Habitats
- Forest edges
- montane roadsides
- riverside.
Flowering Times
Fruiting Times
Large herbaceous perennial dioecious tuberous-rooted simple-tendril climber, strong-growing, glabrous or hairy stems. Coriaceous 3-5 lobed denticulate palmate mucronate cordate glabrous leaves to 200mm diameter or hairy on nerve, tendrils to 120mm longs. Axillary male flowers 30mm long solitary or in raceme, bract 30 x 38mm, flowers 70mm long white tinged yellow with black spots at base, pubescent outside & more or less inside, pilose 5-lobed calyx to 16mm long, calyx lobes 13mm x 7mm, white tinged yellow corolla with 5 petals to 60mm x 25mm, female flowers solitary, 20-60mm yellow flowers. 200mm bright orange-red to reddish-purple, warty or spiny fruits, spines 3mm long.
Further References
- Huxley 1992
- Rubatzky 1997
- FOC
- JDH
- The Plant List 2
- J.S. Gamble
- BF
- USNH
- Botanicus
- F Indochine
- GBS
- Tanziman Ara
- Wiart 2