View source for Coccinia grandis

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|accepted_name=Coccinia grandis
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Voigt
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.,
|place=59. 1845
|year=1845
}}
|common_names=Scarlet gourd
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Bryonia grandis
|authority=Linnaeus
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cucurbitaceae;Coccinia;Coccinia grandis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cucurbitaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Coccinia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Coccinia grandis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 4
|treatment_page=page 45
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Vines </b>climbing, widely spreading, sometimes prostrate. <b>Stems</b> glabrous or glabrate, sometimes rooting at nodes. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 1–5 cm; blade 5–10 × 4–9 cm, base cordate with broad sinus, apex acute, mucronate, adaxial surface with 3–8 glands. <b>Peduncles</b> 1–5 cm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals recurved, 2–5 mm; petals 15–20 mm, apices acute to obtuse-apiculate. <b>Pepos</b> 2.5–6 cm. <b>Seeds</b> 6–8 mm, aril red to red-orange. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Nov.
|habitat=Trash dumps, thickets, fencerows, cypress swamps
|elevation=0–30 m
|distribution=Fla.;Tex.;e Africa;introduced also in Asia (China;India;Indonesia;Malaysia;Pakistan;Thailand;Vietnam);Pacific Islands;Australia.
|discussion=<p>The shoot tips and immature fruits of <i>Coccinia grandis</i> are used in Asian and Indian cooking; long-range dispersal is often the result of introduction by humans. It sometimes has been misidentified as <i>C. cordifolia</i> (Linnaeus) Cogniaux.</p>
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name=Coccinia grandis
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) Voigt
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Bryonia grandis
|family=Cucurbitaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Nov.
|habitat=Trash dumps, thickets, fencerows, cypress swamps
|elevation=0–30 m
|distribution=Fla.;Tex.;e Africa;introduced also in Asia (China;India;Indonesia;Malaysia;Pakistan;Thailand;Vietnam);Pacific Islands;Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.,
|publication year=1845
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated;Introduced
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|genus=Coccinia
|species=Coccinia grandis
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