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Published In: Centuria I. Plantarum ... 1: 32. 1755. (Cent. Pl. I) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView 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.: June-July.
Type: Holotype: Palestine, Hasselquist (LINN, 1152/42).
Distribution: Distribution: Paleotropic in distribution, throughout North Africa, Arabia to India and Pakistan. In Pakistan it is mainly distributed in Sind and Baluchistan.
Illustration: Cucumis prophetarum L. (Illustration)
Map Location: G-3 9 miles from Hushab on way to Awaran, 18.4.1969, Sultanul Abedin 2100 (KUH); G-4 Karachi Dist.: Along Lyari, S.M.H. Jafri 826 (KUH); Near Paradise Point, 26.6.1956; S.M.H. Jafri 1493 (KUH); Drigh Road, 31.7.1958, S.M.H. Jafri 2471 (KUH); Thatta Dist.: 3 miles from Ghulamullah on way to Thatta, 13.8.1967, Sultanul Abedin 3601 (KUH); Karachi University Campus, 12.2.1964, Miss Khushnood Fatima s.n. (KUH); Manghopir, 4.9.1953, A. Rahman 25692 (RAW); 1 mile from Hub Chouki on way to Bella, 16.8.1967, Sultanul Abedin 3447, 3624 (KUH); 26 miles from Karachi on way to Bella, Sultanul Abedin 3669 (KUH); Joreji Camp (K.D.A. Water Plant), 4.1.1970, M. Qaiser 371 (KUH); Bahadur Yar Jang Housing Society, Karachi, 3.4.1959, S.I. Ali s.n. (KUH); Karachi, Manghopir near stream, 20.11.1968, Sultanul Abedin s.n. (KUH); 10½ miles from Karachi on way to Bella, 28.8.1970, Sultanul Abedin 5236 (KUH); Drigh Road, opposite National Stadium, 6.5.1965, S.M.H. Jafri 1440 (KUH, E); Darsano Chano, 23.9.1972, Sultanul Abedin 9774 (KUH); Malir, 5.4.1959, Mohammad Amanullah s.n. (KUH); 2 miles from Hub on way to Sonmiani, on the top of stony hillock, 26.2.1967, S.I. Ali, Sultanul Abedin & A. Ghafoor 1266 (KUH); Dadu Dist.: Village Kathor, on super highway, 11.9.1973, A. Ghafoor & M. Qaiser 500 (KUH); G-5 Hyderabad Dist.: Kotri-Dholari Road, 2.1.1960, A. Jalis s.n. (RAW).

 

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A prostrate or climbing perennial herb; stem slender, sulcate, hispid and rough, hairs whitish. Tendrils simple and short, scabrid. Leaves ovate-orbicular, 2-4 cm long. cordate-truncate at base, 3-(-5)-lobed, lobes obtuse or subacute, margin dentate or lobulate, hispid-scabrid on both surfaces; petiole 1-4 cm long, densely scabrid with white hairs. Male flowers in fascicles of 2-3 flowers, rarely solitary; peduncle 5-10 mm long, hispid. Calyx-tube 3-5 mm long, hispid, lobes linear, spreading, c. 1.5 mm long. Corolla ± villous, 3-5 mm long, lobes ovate-oblong, ± mucronate. Anthers oblong 2-5 mm long. Female flowers solitary, peduncle 2-3 cm long, calyx and corolla as in male. Ovary muricate. Fruit ovoid or subglobose, puberulous, softly echinate, longitudinally striped green and white, yellow when ripe, 3-4 x 2-3 cm. Seeds pale ashy, c. 4 x 2 mm, ± oblong or ellipsoid.
 
 
 
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