Cayaponia laciniosa (L.) C.Jeffrey

Species

Angiosperms > Cucurbitales > Cucurbitaceae > Cayaponia

Characteristics

A pumpkin family plant. It is a vine like plant that is a climber. The leaves are 9-13 cm long by 5-7 cm wide. They are oval or oblong. The base is heart shaped and it tapers to the tip. Flowers are of separate sexes on the same plant. Male flowers are in groups in the axils of leaves and female flowers occur singly in the axils of leaves. The fruit is a berry almost 1 cm across. It is red when ripe.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
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Environment

A tropical plant. It will not grow in dry regions.
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Usage

The leaves are boiled and eaten as a vegetable. The young fruit are cooked and made into soup.
Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible fruits leaves
Therapeutic use Adenopathy (unspecified), Ague (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Bronchitis (unspecified), Carbuncle (unspecified), Cholera (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Tuberculosis (unspecified), Convulsion (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Delirium (unspecified), Fertility (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Repellant(Insect) (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Megalospleny (unspecified), Phthisis (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified), Syphilis (unspecified), Tongue (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Paralysis (unspecified), Post-Natal (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 4 - 8
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:291813-1
WFO ID wfo-0000591568
COL ID RYGC
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Synonyms

Bryonopsis laciniosa Cayaponia laciniosa Bryonia laciniosa Bryonia quinquefolia Cerasiocarpum zeylanicum