Category: Cucurbitaceae

Zanonia indica subsp. indica (S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO)                           Zanonia indica subsp. orientalis W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes

Neoalsomitra clavigera (M.Roem.) Hutch.  

Ctenolepis cerasiformis (Stocks) Hook. fil. (Distribution: Global: Old World tropics. In India: Gujarat) Ctenolepis garcinii (Burm. fil.) Naud. (Distribution: Global: India and Sri Lanka. In India: Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh) Dactyliandra welwitschii Hook. fil.(W. Angola to Namibia: Angola, Namibia; Introduced into: India, Pakistan as per POWO; Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan as per BSI Flora of […]

Siraitia grosvenorii (Swingle) C.Jeffrey ex A.M.Lu & Zhi Y.Zhang (Cultivated)  

Kedrostis foetidissima (Jacq.) Cogn.  

Gynostemma pentaphyllum (Thunb.) Makino The genus Gynostemma Blume (CUCURBITACEAE) comprises about 10 to 19 species distributed in tropical Asia to E.Asia1. In India, it is represented by a single species2. 1. Gynostemma pentaphyllum (Thunb.) Makino     Synonyms:Vitis pentaphylla Thunb.; Gynostemma pedatum Blume; G. simplicifolium Blume; G. pentaphyllum f. simplicifolium (Blume) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes; G. […]

Two species of Bryonia L. (CUCURBITACEAE) are occurring in India1. 1. Bryonia aspera Steven ex Ledeb.    Distribution: Global: Turkey, Iran, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. In India: NW India: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh. 2. Bryonia monoica Aitch. & Hemsl.    Distribution: Global: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and India. In […]

Actinostemma tenerum Griff. (Himalaya to Temp. E. Asia: Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Korea, Laos, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO)   . The genus Actinostemma Griff. (CUCURBITACEAE) comprises three species of which one occurs in India. 1. Actinostemma tenerum Griff. Synonyms: Actinostemma lobatum var. japonicum Maxim.; A. lobatum […]

  Gomphogyne cissiformis Griff.    

  Sicyos angulatus L.   Sicyos edulis Jacq.     

  Corallocarpus epigaeus (Rottler) C.B.Clarke    

Indofevillea khasiana Chatterjee  

  Thladiantha cordifolia (Blume) Cogn.       

  Herpetospermum darjeelingense (C.B.Clarke) H.Schaef. & S.S.Renner   Herpetospermum pedunculosum (Ser.) C.B. Clarke  

As per efi thread: W.J.J.O. DE WILDE & B.E.E. DUYFJES in THAI FOR. BULL. (BOT.) 32: 15–31. 2004 write: 1. Zehneria maysorensis (Wight & Arn.) Arn. Type: S India, Wallich 6702 A–D, Wight 1116.— Zehneria maysorensis (Wight & Arn.) Arn. var. oblonga V. P. Prasad & M. Prasad, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 17 (2): 471. […]

Keys in Flora of Bhutan: 1. Male flowers solitary or 2; anthers free ……….. .. 1. T. dioica + Male flowers in racemes; anthers connate …………… .. 2 2. Male racemes with minute, linear bracts l – 2mm ……… .. 2. T. cucumerina + Male racemes with large, oblong or rounded bracts 0.5 – 4.5cm […]

Momordica charantia L. Momordica charantia var. muricata (Willd.) H.L. Chakravarty Momordica cochinchinensis Spreng.  (Images by Surajit Koley & (Niyas – Id by Gurcharan Singh), (For more photos & complete details, click on the links))   Momordica cymbalaria Hook. f.    Momordica dioica Roxb. ex Willd. (Images by Rajesh Sachdev & (Muthu Karthick – Id by Gurcharan Singh), (For more photos & […]

Solena amplexicaulis (Lam.) Gandhi (Images by Nasim Kasim (Id by C. Kunhikannan & L Rasingam) (Inserted by J.M.Garg) (For more images & complete details, click on the links)) Solena heterophylla Lour.  (Images by Satish Phadke, Dinesh Valke, Prashant Awale, Raghu Ananth, Neil Soares, Renee Vyas, Surajit Koley, Alok Mahendroo, Nayan Singh, Rashida Atthar & Shubhada Nikharge (All […]

  Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb. Images by tspkumar   Luffa cylindrica (L.) M.Roem Images by tspkumar   The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences by Susanne S. Renner, Arun K. Pandey. (2013)- Accepted names: Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb. Luffa cylindrica (L.) M.Roem. Luffa echinata Roxb. Luffa […]