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Thladiantha cordifolia

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(Blume) Cogniaux

Common Names

• Da bao chi bao (Pinyin)
• Sbijhika (Indonesia)
• Aroy Kajoraajan (Java)
• Aroy Kalayar Burriet (Java)
• Tiwuk (Hindi)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Yunnan - China
• India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• streamside
• evergreen forest
• disturbed areas
• secondary growth
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• May-Nov (China)
• Jan-Dec (Thailand)

Fruiting Times

• May-Nov (China)
• Oct-Nov (Thailand)

Herbaceous annual simple-tendril climbing or creeping vine with axillary male racemes or umbels 30mm long with toothed bracts 20mm x 20mm, 3-7 yellow flowers to 17mm, calyx 7mm across with 5 lobes to 15mm, 5 petals 25mm x 12mm villous outside, axillary female flowers solitary to 17mm, scabrous glabrescent furrowed & wrinkled dirty white fruit to 50mm long x 30mm, sharply toothed scabrous mucronate leaves 130mm x 100m, glabrescent or hairy on nerves beneath, hairy stems

Further References

• FOC
• NHN
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• Botanicus
• F Indochine