Scientific Name: Zehneria
maysorensis (Wight & Arn.) Arn.
Family: Cucurbitaceae (Gourd Or Melon Family)
Tribal name: Aliyan
chappu (Paniya), Katusoppu (Kattunaikka)
Habit: Climber
Habitat: Degraded forests
and grasslands
Distribution: India,
Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Myanmar, China, Sumatra
Tribal consumers:
Paniya, Kattunaikka
Parts Used: Leaf (After cooking)
Seasonal Availability:
June-December
Key identification features: Herbaceous
climbers with slender, glabrous stems and alternate, broadly ovate leaves.
Flowers cream-yellow, male in subumbellate clusters and female solitary. Fruits
oblong, finely reticulate rugose with smooth seeds. Plant is monoecious with 3
stamens.
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