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medicinal melon
10.2381, 77.4892
Field Notes
Description:
A sturdy vine with ovate leaves and melon-like smooth spherical fruits about 50 mm diameter.
Habitat:
Western Ghats - Hills about 2,700 mts in South India.
Notes:
Saw this vine growing wild in a marginally wooded area. Locals eat the fruit for its medicinal properties. Could not get a name that would match a scientific description. The plant looked like it belonged to the cucurbitaceae family but the leaves were not the typical 5-lobed palmate type.
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Spotted for Missions
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2012
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