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Momordica dioica

Scientific Name
Momordica dioica
Family Name
Cucurbitaceae
Common Names
Local Names
Karavila (Sri Lanka)
Description
A dioecious, perennial, tendril climber with tuberous roots; stems-.lender,somewhat compressed and 2-edged or cylindric and furrowed, striate, glabrous orsomewhat scantily pubescent and shining; tendrils simple, elongate, striate, glabrous,opposite a leaf; leaves simple, alternate, variable, 5-10cm long, 4-7cm broad, broadlyovate in outline. very collate at base, acute, entire or more or less deeply cut into 3 ’or 5 lobes, distantly dentate or denticulate, thin, quite glabrous and shining on both sides,minutely punctate beneath; petioles 2.5-3,7cm long, pubescent or glabrous,channelled above, eglanaular; flowers regular, unisexual, pale lemon yellow,dioecious, solitary, peduncle 3-5cm long. slender, glabrous or finely pubescent at thetop. in th" male with a large hooded bract a little below the flower and enclosing it. inthe female with a minute bract below the middle; sepals 5, fused at the base, distant,3.5mm long, linear-lanceolate, hairy; petals 5, connate slightly at the-base, 1.2-2.5cm long, 0.5cm broad, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, pubescent; male flowers: stamens 3, anthers slightly connate, cells conduplicate: female flowers: ovary inferior, densely covered with long. soft papillae, style short, stigmas bifid with erect horns; fruit oblong-ovoid. 5-6.3cm long, beaked, glabrous, evenly covered with equal-pointed papillae, many seeded; seeds broadly oblong, compressed, slightly and irregularly corrugated, enclosed in a red pulp.Flowers from June to August. (Sri Lanka)
Uses
Elephantiasis (Sri Lanka)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Remarks
Momordica dioica (GRIN)

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