Pan India Bouquets

Cyclanthera pedata (L.) Schrad.

Family : Cucurbitaceae
(Gourd Or Melon Family)
Family (Hindi name) : KHARBOOZA FAMILY (खरबूजा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Cucurbitaceae
Synonym(s) : Anguria pedatisecta Nees & Mart.; Anguria pedisecta Nees & Mart.; Apodanthera pedisecta (Nees & Mart.) Cogn.; Cyclanthera digitata Arn.; Cyclanthera edulis Naudin ex C.Huber; Cyclanthera pedata f. edulis (Naudin ex C.Huber) Voss; Cyclanthera pedata var. edulis (Naudin ex C.Huber) Cogn.; Momordica pedata L.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cyclanthera pedata (L.) Schrad.
Common name : Stuffing Cucumber, Achocha, Caihua, Caygua, Cayua, Korila, Wild Cucumber
Vernacular name : Meetha karela (Hindi)
Habit : Climber
Habitat : Cultivated
Comments / notes : It is grown for its small fruit, used as a vegetable.
Flower, Fruit : July-September
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
Native : Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela
Exotic/Native : Exotic
World Distribution : South Mexico to North-West Argentina and Bhutan, China South-Central, East Himalaya, North India, Réunion, Tibet
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 135; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 1. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 262
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Cyclanthera pedata. Downloaded on 3 December 2023.

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