Hemsleya pengxianensis W.J.Chang

Species

Angiosperms > Cucurbitales > Cucurbitaceae > Hemsleya

Characteristics

Tuber oblate-spheroid. Stem and branchlets slender. Leaves pedately 5-7-foliolate; petiole 4.5-7 cm, glabrous or pubescent; leaflets obovate-lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, median leaflets 8-17 × 2-4 cm; petiolule 3-5 mm. Male flowers dichotomously cymose; peduncle 4-10 cm, slightly flexuous; calyx segments lanceolate, ca. 4 × 2-3 mm; corolla yellow-green, bowl-shaped or Chinese lanternlike, 6-12 mm in diam.; segments ovate, ca. 6 × 4 mm, apex reflexed. Female inflorescence reduced; ovary ovoid or subglobose, ca. 3 mm in diam. Fruit ovoid or ellipsoid, 3-4 × 3-3.5 cm. Seeds almost circular, compressed, 10-13 × 10-13 mm, almost unwinged, margin 2-3 mm wide. Fl. Jun-Sep, fr. Aug-Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Hemsleya pengxianensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:292927-1
WFO ID wfo-0001225216
COL ID 3KTZR
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Synonyms

Hemsleya pengxianensis Hemsleya pengxianensis var. pengxianensis Hemsleya pengxianensis var. jinfushanensis Hemsleya pengxianensis var. polycarpa

Lower taxons

Hemsleya pengxianensis var. gulinensis Hemsleya pengxianensis var. junlianensis