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Neoalsomitra sarcophylla

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(Wallich) Hutchinson

Common Names

• Kyi-ah (Myanmar)
• Khua Say Tan (Laos)
• Tan (Laos)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Sulawesi - Indonesia
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Thailand
• Timor Leste
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Large bifid or simple-tendril liana or creeper, dioecious, caudiciform, stems with white lenticels, trifoliolate leaves 100mm x 60mm, white or greenish flowers in panicles, male glabrous axillary panicles to 200mm long with persistent bracts, yellow flowers, calyx with 5 sepals 2.5mm long, 5 petals 3mm x 1.5mm, female multiflowered inflorescence, calyx with 5 sepals, fruit a capsule 20mm x 10mm with 3 valves

Further References

• USNH
• JDH
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• The Plant List 2