Stem robust, branched, glabrous. Petiole 4-7 cm, striate, glabrous or glandular-punctate; leaf blade adaxially deep green, suborbicular, 9-17(-20) cm, shortly 3-5-lobed up to middle, adaxially rough; lobe margin denticulate, apex acute or shortly acuminate. Male raceme 13-17 cm; peduncle robust, striate, glabrous; pedicels ca. 5 mm; bracts suborbicular, ca. 4 cm, cucullate, margin lacerate; calyx tube attenuate from apex toward base, ca. 7 cm, puberulent; segments narrowly ovate, ca. 1.5 × 0.4 cm, margin laciniate. Female flowers solitary; pedicel 2.5-3 cm, glabrous, striate; bracts ovate, ca. 1.5 × 1 cm, entire; calyx tube ca. 4 cm; ovary ovoid, ca. 1.5 × 1 cm, glabrous. Fruit red, ovoid, ca. 9 cm in diam., smooth. Seeds brown, broadly ovate, ca. 1.5 × 0.8-1 cm, base obtuse or attenuate, apex truncate. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Aug-Nov.
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A pumpkin family plant. The stems are robust and branched. The leaves are 9-17 cm long and have 3-5 lobes. There are teeth along the edge. Male flowers are in a group 13-17 cm long and female flowers occur singly. The fruit are oval and red. They are 9 cm across. The seeds are oval and brown.
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