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Momordica subangulata

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

Blume

Common Names

• Ao e mu bie (Pinyin)
• Aroy Gambas (Java)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Yunnan - China
• India
• Java
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Kelantan
• Perak - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Mountain slopes
• roadsides
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Jun-Aug (China)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Nov (China)

Herbaceous dioecious simple-tendril vine with glabrous or pubescent stems. Ribbed denticulate leaves scabrous above 45mm x 40mm, hairy above & on nerves beneath. Solitary axillary male flowers or inflorescence 40mm long yellow to 30mm long, kidney-shaped hooded bract just below flower, 8mm across, flowers 50mm across, calyx lobes 5mm x 3mm, corolla with 5 yellow petals 35mm x 15mm, female flowers solitary to 30mm. Fruit to 75mm long densely spiny

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• J.S. Gamble
• BF
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• GBS