Zehneria mucronata Miq.

Species

Angiosperms > Cucurbitales > Cucurbitaceae > Zehneria

Characteristics

Dioecious slender climber, rarely monoecious. Leaves broadly ovate, cordate at base; lamina 5–8 cm long, 5–8 cm wide, unlobed to shallowly 3-lobed, dentate, acute or acuminate. Male flowers in umbel-like inflorescences; peduncles 2–7 cm long; pedicels 3–8 mm long; hypanthium 2 mm long; calyx lobes narrowly triangular, 0.5 mm long; corolla lobes ovate, acute, 2.5 mm long. Female flowers solitary or in fascicles or umbels. Fruit ellipsoidal, 9–15 mm long, 6–9 mm diam. Seeds ovate, 4 mm long, margined, pale.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

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Distribution

Zehneria mucronata world distribution map, present in American Samoa, Australia, Bhutan, China, Fiji, Micronesia (Federated States of), India, Malaysia, Niue, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Taiwan, Province of China, and Samoa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:294470-1
WFO ID wfo-0001225313
COL ID 5CYQC
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INPN ID 448243
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Synonyms

Melothria carnosula Melothria rechingeri Melothria lobata Neoachmandra samoensis Karivia samoensis Bryonia mucronata Pilogyne samoensis Melothria kelungensis Melothria mucronata Bryonia johnstonii Zehneria kelungensis Melothria samoensis Zehneria samoensis Melothria grayana Zehneria grayana Zehneria mucronata Karivia samoensis var. vitiensis Zehneria grayana var. vitiensis