Vines; stems minutely scabrous, glabrate in age. Leaves cordate, 8-14 cm long, 6-10 cm wide, the apex acuminate, the base deeply cordate, the margin undulate, remotely denticulate, chartaceous, the upper surface minutely white pustulate, slightly scabrous to glabrate, sparsely short strigose on the nerves, the lower surface glabrate; petioles 3-7 cm long, glabrate; tendrils simple, glabrate. Staminate flowers axillary, racemose; peduncles ca. 2 cm long; calyx tube nar-rowly campanulate, ca. 5 mm long, glabrous, 10-nerved, the lobes triangular lan-ceolate, ca. 1 mm long; corolla white, lobes oblong, 3.0-3.5 mm long, the apex emarginate, pubescent on both the surfaces, reflexed; anthers oblong, ca. 2.5-3.0 mm long, papillose at the apex, ciliate; pistillode conical, glabrous. Pistillate flowers solitary in the same axils as the staminate flowers; peduncle 2-3 cm long; other details unknown. Fruits yellow to orange, ellipsoidal to subspherical, 5-7 cm long, 4.5-6 cm in diameter, smooth, glabrous, exocarp subligneous, mesocarp orange, sweet; seeds white sericeous, narrowly ovate, 9-10 mm long, 5-6 mm wide.
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A pumpkin family plant. The leaves are simple and 14 cm long by 10 cm wide. The base is heart shaped and they taper to the tip. The edges are wavy and have teeth. It has simple tendrils. Male flowers are in groups and female flowers occur singly. The fruit are yellow to orange and the pulp is orange. Fruit are 7 cm long and 6 cm wide. The seeds are 1 cm long.
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