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Madras pea pumpkin (Cucumis maderaspatanus)

Dlium Madras pea pumpkin (Cucumis maderaspatanus)

Madras pea pumpkin (Cucumis maderaspatanus) is a species of plant in the Cucurbitaceae, shrub, climbing, cylindrical stem, up to 4 meters long, branched, green with dark green linear stripes and white hairs.

C. maderaspatanus has leaves of variable shape, narrow oblong to broad or triangular or heart-shaped, usually triangular lobes, margins tortuous, rough surface and white hairs. The flowers are trumpet-shaped and yellow.



The fruit grows in clusters in the axillary part, round in shape, 6-15 mm in diameter, short stalk, green at first with dark green linear stripes and white hairs, when ripe it is bright red, smooth and glabrous. Each fruit contains 10-20 seeds, oval in shape and brown in color.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Tribe: Benincaseae
Genus: Cucumis L. in Sp. Pl.: 1011 (1753)
Species: Cucumis maderaspatanus L. in Sp. Pl.: 1012 (1753)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Bryonia maderaspatana (L.) Lam. in Encycl. 1: 496 (1785)
Melothria maderaspatana (L.) Cogn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 623 (1881)
Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 47 (1846)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Bryonia cordifolia L. in Sp. Pl.: 1012 (1753)
Bryonia gracilis Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 6714 (1832)
Bryonia hispida Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 158 (1796)
Bryonia micrantha Hochst. ex A.Rich. in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 288 (1848)
Bryonia micropoda E.Mey. in J.F.Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Dokum.: 169 (1844)
Bryonia obtusa A.Rich. (1848)
Bryonia rottleri Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 15 (1826)
Bryonia scabra Rottler ex Wight & Arn. in Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 345 (1834)
Bryonia scabrella L.f. in Suppl. Pl.: 424 (1782)
Coccinia cordifolia (L.) Cogn. (1881)
Melothria celebica Cogn. (1881)
Mukia celebica (Cogn.) F.M.Bailey in Queensl. Fl. 2: 700 (1900)
Mukia rottleri M.Roem. (1846)
Mukia scabrella (L.f.) Arn. in J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 276 (1841)

PUBLICATIONS

Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].

Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (2001). Flora of Bhutan 2: 1-1675. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

Karthigeyan, K., Pandey, R.P. & Mao, A.A. (eds.) (2023). Flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2: 1-689. Botanical Survey of India. Ministry of environment, forest and climate change.

Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.

Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.

Nazimuddin, S. & Naqvi, S.S.H. (1984). Flora of Pakistan 154: 1-56. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.

Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

Renner, S.S. & Pandey, A.K. (2013). The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences. PhytoKeys 20: 53-118.

VERNACULAR NAME

Assamese: Ban tioh
Bengali: আগামুখী Agamukhi
Burmese: မဒရပ်စ် ရွှေဖရုံသီး
Chinese (simplified): 帽儿瓜
Chinese (traditional): 天花 - 帽兒瓜
Dutch: Madras-erwtenmeloen
English: Madras pumpkin, Madras pea pumpkin, Indian pumpkins
Filipino: Melon gubat
Gujarati: Chanakachibhadi
Hindi: अगुमाकी - बिलारी - ग्वालकाकरी - कचारी - मुसमुसा - परिपुष्करा - पिंडिला - सेंड - सेतु Agumaki, Bilari, Gwalakakri, Kachari, Musmusa, Paripushkara, Pindila, Send, Setu
Indonesia: Timun india
Japanese: サンゴジュスズメウリ
Kachchhi: Chanachibadajival
Kannada: Kaadapaavate balli, Manitonde, Mani thonde, Gubbisavathikaayi
Kerala: Cenkummatti
Khmer: ល្ពៅម៉ាដ្រាស
Konkani: Chirati, Mhaysikarta
Lao: ໝາກອຶມມາດຣາສ
Malayalam: Cenkummatti, Mukkappiri, Musumusukka, Kasappuchedi, Mukkalppeeram, Mukkapperam
Marathi: Chirati, Ghugri, Pangori
Nepali: मत्याङग्रे कांक्री Matyangre kankri
Rajasthani: Ank phutani bel
Russian: Мукия мадрасская
Sanskrit: Gajachirbhata, Godumbika, Paripushkara, Pindila, Vatsakshi, Trikosaki
Sinhala: අයිලෙයම් Ayileyam
Slovak: Uhorka madraská
Tagalog: Melon-gubat
Tamil: ஆயில்யம் - சுக்கை - குரேசுவரி - இரு-குறங்கின்-காய் - கொட்டிரிகை - குரங்கு - முச்சுமுச்சுக்கை - பரிபுஷ்கரை - பட்டாரா - பிற - மொசுமோசுக்காய் Ayileyam, Cukkai, Curecuvari, Iru-kurankin-kai, Kottirikai, Kuranku, Muchumuchukkai, Paripushkarai, Pattara, Pira, Mosumosukkai
Telugu: Kuturubudama, Nugudosa
Thai: แตงหนู
Tulu: Nurtengi
Urdu: کچہری - مسموسا۔ - پاری پشکارا۔ - پنڈیلا - بھیجیں۔ - سیٹو Kachari, Musmusa, Paripushkara, Pindila, Send, Setu
Vietnam: Bí ngô Ấn Độ
West Africa: Kobion

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