Zehneria indica from Dakpathar

[Gurcharan Singh]

Zehneria indica (Lour.) Keraudren, Fl. Cambodge, Laos & Vietnam 15: 52 52 1975

Syn: Melothria indica Lour.; Melothria odorata Hook. f. & Thomson ex C.B. Clarke

Climbing herb with tendrils; leaves usually 3-lobed, cordate, 4-7 cm long, petiole 3-4 cm long; male flowers in clusters, white, corolla hairy; female flower single; fruit 1.2-1.5 cm across, globose, finally orange.

Photographed near Dakpathar on September 16, 2011 

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
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[Balkar Arya]

Sir I think you missed the attachments

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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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[Gurcharan Singh]

Zehneria indica (Lour.) Keraudren, Fl. Cambodge, Laos & Vietnam 15: 52 52 1975

Syn: Melothria indica Lour.; Melothria odorata Hook. f. & Thomson ex C.B. Clarke

Climbing herb with tendrils; leaves usually 3-lobed, cordate, 4-7 cm long, petiole 3-4 cm long; male flowers in clusters, white, corolla hairy; female flower single; fruit 1.2-1.5 cm across, globose, finally orange.

Photographed near Dakpathar on September 16, 2011 

Thanks Balkar ji for pointing out

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

[Gurcharan Singh]

Balkar ji

I think you are right. This is Diplocyclos palmatus (L.) C. Jeffrey (syn: Bryonia palmata)

Yes I had also seen the same links for Zehneria and was unsure about white patches on fruit and much shorter pedicels especially in female flower. Thanks for pointing it out and making me correct my identification..

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

[Balkar Arya]

Thanks Sir for sorting out the matter

[Vijayasankar]

I agree with the ID: Diplocyclos palmatus.

 

Regards 

Vijayasankar

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Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D.
National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi