Difference between revisions of "Coccinia grandis"
Hort. Suburb. Calcutt., 59. 1845.
FNA>Volume Importer |
FNA>Volume Importer |
||
| Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
|label=Introduced | |label=Introduced | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | |basionyms={{Treatment/ID/ | + | |basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym |
|name=Bryonia grandis | |name=Bryonia grandis | ||
|authority=Linnaeus | |authority=Linnaeus | ||
| + | |publication_title=Mant. Pl. | ||
| + | |publication_place=1: 126. 1767 | ||
}} | }} | ||
|synonyms= | |synonyms= | ||
| Line 59: | Line 61: | ||
|publication year=1845 | |publication year=1845 | ||
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated;Introduced | |special status=Selected by author to be illustrated;Introduced | ||
| − | |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/ | + | |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_72.xml |
|genus=Coccinia | |genus=Coccinia | ||
|species=Coccinia grandis | |species=Coccinia grandis | ||
Revision as of 20:16, 24 September 2019
Vines climbing, widely spreading, sometimes prostrate. Stems glabrous or glabrate, sometimes rooting at nodes. Leaves: petiole 1–5 cm; blade 5–10 × 4–9 cm, base cordate with broad sinus, apex acute, mucronate, adaxial surface with 3–8 glands. Peduncles 1–5 cm. Flowers: sepals recurved, 2–5 mm; petals 15–20 mm, apices acute to obtuse-apiculate. Pepos 2.5–6 cm. Seeds 6–8 mm, aril red to red-orange. 2n = 24.
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
The shoot tips and immature fruits of Coccinia grandis are used in Asian and Indian cooking; long-range dispersal is often the result of introduction by humans. It sometimes has been misidentified as C. cordifolia (Linnaeus) Cogniaux.
Selected References
None.