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Published In: Hortus Suburbanus Calcuttensis 59. 1845. (Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.) Name publication detailView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Contributor Text: S. NAZIMUDDIN AND S. SHAHARYAR H. NAQVI
Flower/Fruit: Fl.Per.: Dec.-June.
Type: Type: Described from India, Herb. Linn. 1153/2 (LINN).
Distribution: Distribution: India, Malaya, Pakistan, Tropical Africa.
Comment/Acknowledgements: Various preparations of roots, stems and leaves of Coccinia grandis have been mentioned in indigenous systems of medicine as being efficacious in the treatment of skin diseases, bronchial catarrh, bronchitis and diabetes.
Illustration: Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt (Illustration)
Map Location: C-7 Bagha Wala, Salt Range, climber on Caesalpinia, M. A. Siddiqi 3677 (RAW); C-8 Lahore, S.A. Farooqi and Sultanul Abedin 3387 (KUH): G-3 Uthal, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Husain 5881, 5883 (KUH); G-4 Karachi Dist.: Haleji Trail, Sultanul Abedin 5425, 5814 (KUH); Thatta Dist.: 3 miles from Dhabeji, A. Ghafoor, M. Qaiser & Khadija Aziz 8 (KUH); Karachi Dist.: Malir Cantt., S.M.H. Jafri 1464, 3615 (KUH); University Campus, S.I. Ali & S. Afzal Ahmed Hydri s.n. 27.5.1966 (KUH); ibid., Khadija Aziz s.n. 14.5.1966 (KUH); Karachi, Madanjit Singh Jaspal s.n. 1939 (RAW); Near Girls Hostel, Karachi University Campus, 26.8.1967, Abrar Husain s.n. (KUH); c. 3 miles from Dhabeji on way to Thatta, Khadija Aziz 18 (KUH); University Campus, 20.12.1966, Yasin Nasir s.n. (KUH); Malir Cantt., 7.3.1955, S.R.B. Rizvi s.n. (KUH); G-5 Hyderabad Dist.: c. 7 miles to Tando Mohammad Khan, Sultanul Abedin 3839 (KUH); Naokot, c. 5 miles from Diplo, M. Qaiser, A. Ghafoor & Abrar Husain 3816, 3824, 4067 (KUH).

 

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Perennial, climbing and widely spreading, sometimes prostrate, bright green. Stem much branched, cylindrical, glabrous or white scaly. Petiole slender, striate, 2-5 cm long. Leaves 5-10 cm long, equally broad, cordate, usually entire to 5-angular with few glistering glands on both sides of the midrib towards the base. Probract small. Flowers large, white, c. 4 cm long, pedicellate, solitary, male and female on different plants. Fruit cylindrical or fusiform, 2.5-5 x 1.2-2.5 cm, bright scarlet when ripe, slightly beaked, many seeded. Seeds asymmetrically pyriform in outline, c. 6 x 4 mm, compressed.
 
 
 
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