Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Climber
Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Bryonia acerifolia D. Dietr. |
synonym | Bryonia alceifolia Willd. |
synonym | Bryonia barbata Buch.-Ham. ex Cogn. |
synonym | Bryonia glabra Roxb. |
synonym | Bryonia grandis L. |
synonym | Bryonia palmata Wall. |
synonym | Bryonia sinuata Wall. |
synonym | Bryonia sinuosa Wall. |
synonym | Cephalandra grandis (L.) Kurz |
synonym | Cephalandra indica (Wight & Arn.) Naudin |
synonym | Cephalandra moghadd (Aschers.) Broun & Massey |
synonym | Cephalandra schimperi Naud. |
synonym | Coccinia grandis var. wightiana (Roem.) I. Grebenscikov |
synonym | Coccinia helenae Busc. & Muschl. |
synonym | Coccinia indica var. palmata Wight & Arn. |
synonym | Coccinia loureiriana M. Roem. |
synonym | Coccinia moghadd (Forssk.) Aschers |
synonym | Coccinia moimoi M. Roem. |
synonym | Coccinia palmatisecta Kotschy |
synonym | Coccinia schimperi Naud. |
synonym | Coccinia wightiana M. Roem. |
synonym | Cucumis rheedii Kostel. |
synonym | Cucurbita dioica Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. |
synonym | Cucurbita schimperiana Hochst. ex Cogn. |
synonym | Cucurbita triangulata Hochst. ex Cogn. |
synonym | Momordica bicolor Bl. |
synonym | Momordica covei Dennst. |
synonym | Momordica monadelpha Roxb. |
synonym | Physedra gracilis A. Chev., |
synonym | Turia moghadd Forssk. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Habit: Climber
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Habit: A slender scandent climber, to 8m.
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Extensive vine; tendrils simple. Leaves 3-7 x 3-5 cm, palmately 3-5-lobed or angled, broadly ovate to orbicular in outline, base cordate, margin denticulate, apex acute, upper surface punctate, lower surface glandular; petiole 2.5-5 cm long. Flowers axillary, solitary. Male flower: calyx tube 4-5 mm long, campanulate, lobes 5, subulate; corolla white, 2.5-3.5 cm long, campanulate, villous; stamens 3, inserted below the calyx-tube, filaments connate, anthers flexouse; pistillode absent. Female flowers: calyx-tube campanulate; corolla white; ovary 1-1.3 cm long, oblong, glandular pubescent; ovules many, horizontal; style 6-7 mm long, slender; stigma 3-partite, densely papillose. Fruit 4-5 x 2-2.5 cm, ovoid-oblong; pulp red. Seeds 6-7 mm long, oblong, compressed.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Cyclicity
Flowering and fruiting: December-April
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Flowering & fruiting during June to August
Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
Morphology
Growth Form
Climber
Flower
Solitary or subcymes; white. Flowering from December-March.
Fruit
An ovoid-oblong berry, green with white patches when young, later reddish; seeds many, oblong-ovoid, compressed. Fruiting throughout the year.
Field tips
Stem deeply grooved. Tendril simple. Leaves glandular beneath.
Leaf Arrangement
Alternate distichous
Leaf Type
Simple
Leaf Shape
5-angled or lobed
Leaf Apex
Obtuse-mucronate
Leaf Base
subrotund-cordate
Leaf Margin
Lobed
Keystone Foundation
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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A herbaceous climber with branchlets apically pubescent, glabrous at base. Leaves simple, 5-lobed, glabrous, punctate above, glandular below; basal sinus subrotund-cordate, margin denticullate, apex obtuse, mucronate; tendril simple.Flower solitary, dioecious. Male flower: calyx-tube campanulate; corolla campanulate, white, petals 5, ca. 1 cm , glabrous without, villous within. Stamens 3, inserted at the base of calyx-tube, filaments connate into a column, about 3 mm, anthers connate, triplicate, flexous. Female flower: calyx and corolla campanulate. Ovary oblong, glandular-pubescent. placentae 3, ovule indefinite; stigma 3-partite, fimbriate; staminodes 3. Fruit ovoid-oblong, striped, seeds compressed.
Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Dry deciduous forests, also Cultivated
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Dry deciduous forests and wastelands, also cultivated
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Global Distribution
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Maharashtra: Kolhapur, Nasik, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg, Thane
Karnataka: Belgaum, Mysore
Kerala: All districts
Tamil Nadu: All districts
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Very common on thickets and wastelands from plains to 300m. Tropical Africa, Asia, Arabia, India, Malesia to Fiji Islands.
Keystone Foundation
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Global Distribution
India: Assam, Bihar, Maharastra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh; Senegal, Somalia, Tanzania
Local Distribution
Throughout Assam
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Homoeopathy
Ayurveda
Siddha
Medicinal
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Ripe fruits are either eaten raw or cooked and highly valued for their therapeutic qualities.
Keystone Foundation
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Fruits and leaves are eaten cooked as vegetable
Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Siddha
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=592
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Coccinia grandis (L.) Voight, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 59. 1845; Chakrav., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 11: 24. 1982; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 121. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 194. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 174. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 198. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 176. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 286. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 212. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 208. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 135. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 234. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 318. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 389. 2009.
- Coccinia indica Wight & Arn., Prodr. 347. 1834; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 537(379). 1919.
- Cephalandra indica (Wight & Arn.) Naud., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 5, 16. 1866; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 621. 1879.
- Coccinia cordifolia (L.) Cogn. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 529. 1881.
- Bryonia grandis L., Mant. 1: 126. 1767.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=592
Information Listing > References
- Coccinia grandis (L.) Voight, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 59. 1845; Chakrav., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 11: 24. 1982; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 121. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 194. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 174. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 198. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 176. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 286. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 212. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 208. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 135. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 234. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 318. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 389. 2009.
- Coccinia indica Wight & Arn., Prodr. 347. 1834; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 537(379). 1919.
- Cephalandra indica (Wight & Arn.) Naud., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 5, 16. 1866; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 621. 1879.
- Coccinia cordifolia (L.) Cogn. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 529. 1881.
- Bryonia grandis L., Mant. 1: 126. 1767.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=592
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Cucurbitales |
Family | Cucurbitaceae |
Genus | Coccinia |
Species | Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt |
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