Zanonia indica L.

Species

Angiosperms > Cucurbitales > Cucurbitaceae > Zanonia

Characteristics

Stem robust, branched, ± sulcate, glabrous. Leaves glabrous; leaf blade ovate-oblong, 8-16 × 5-10 cm, leathery, abaxially with distinct reticulate veins, lateral veins 3 or 4 pairs, adaxially smooth, base rounded or slightly emarginate, margin entire, apex acute; petiole 1.5-3 cm, glabrous. Male peduncle slender; rachis ca. 16 cm, much branched; pedicel robust, 4-5 mm, with articulation; calyx segments ovate-triangular, ca. 2 mm, glabrous, apex acute; corolla pale yellow-brown; segments oblong, 3-3.5 × 1-1.5 mm, apex obtuse. Female peduncle 10-30 cm, sparsely 5-10-flowered; pedicels thick; calyx segments ca. 4 mm, apex obtuse; corolla segments 6-8 mm; ovary obconic-cylindric, 10-12 mm. Fruit brownish, 6-10 × 2.5-5 cm, finely granulate, base obtuse, apex truncate. Seeds oblong, ca. 2 × 1-1.5 cm; wing yellowish or white, surrounding central seed, 5-8 × 1.3-2 cm, base and apex rounded.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Therapeutic use Anti-infective agents, local (fruit), Asthma (fruit), Cathartics (fruit), Cough (fruit), Expectorants (fruit), Laxatives (fruit), Ulcer (fruit), Wounds and injuries (fruit), Anti-inflammatory agents (leaf), Inflammation (leaf), Counterirritant (leaf), Parasympatholytics (leaf), Spasm (leaf), Antidote (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Cathartic (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Antiseptic (unspecified), Antipyretics (unspecified), Antirheumatic agents (whole plant), Asthma (whole plant), Bronchitis (whole plant), Burns (whole plant), Cough (whole plant), Furunculosis (whole plant), Gout (whole plant), Inflammation (whole plant), Insect bites and stings (whole plant), Laxatives (whole plant), Spasm (whole plant), Wounds and injuries (whole plant), Cooling effect on body (whole plant)
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Images

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Distribution

Zanonia indica world distribution map, present in China, India, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:294405-1
WFO ID wfo-0001225245
COL ID 7GDB4
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Synonyms

Zanonia indica Tinospora curtisii Alsomitra angulata Juppia borneensis Zanonia indica var. indica

Lower taxons

Zanonia indica subsp. orientalis Zanonia indica var. paludosa