Botanical Name - Diplocyclos palmatus (L.) C.Jeffrey


Group:

1 Angiosperms (Flowering Plants) - I - Dicotyledons

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Genus:

Diplocyclos

Common sinhala name:

Pasengilla

Habit:

Perennial climber

Origin:

Native

National conservation status:

LC - Least Concern

Legal status:

Similar species:

All vernacular names:

Pasengilla, Hawangilla (S), Red striped cucumber (E)

Diplocyclos palmatus (L.) C.Jeffrey

Contributors for Images:

FlowerSL, Jecob de Vlas (ID-JdV)

Plant scabrid or subglabrous. Leaves long-petiolate; lamina: 2.5—7 x 3.5—12 cm, ovate-suborbicular in outline, cordate, palmately, deeply 3—5 (—7)-lobed almost to base, sinus generally broad, somewhat shallow, lobes lanceolate, acute to acuminate, coarsely, irregularly serrate, scabrid above with minute raised scales, generally subglabrous beneath, except occasionally sparsely hispid on major nerves. Petiole (0.5—) 2—5 cm long, short-bristly scabrid to glabrous. Flowers greenish-yellow, in subsessile clusters of 3—6; calyx lobes c. 3 mm long, linear-filiform to subulate, connate below; corolla 3—4 mm, lobes ovate-oblong, acute, pubescent. Fruit c. 2 cm diameter, globose, smooth, bluish-green with vertical whitish stripes, ripening red. Seeds 4 x 3 mm, encircled by prominent, raised band, brown. (FOC)
Bryonia laciniosa L. , p.p. , Bryonospis lanciniosa (L.) Naud.


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