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Botanical Name: Trichosanthes cucumerina
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 09-Oct-2022 08:09 AM
Photo Description: Male Flower
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Common Name: जंगली पडवल
Etymology - Genus: From the Greek trichos (hairy) and anthos (flowers)
Etymology - Species: Shaped like a cucumber
Ecosystem: Annual
Origin: Native
Location: India
Description: Annual climber, grows very rapidly completing its lifecycle with a season. Stem grows soft hairs.Simple leaf with a presence of tendril at the leaf node.Pubescent leaf with 5-7 irregular shape lobes.Male flowers are borne at the end of the branch in a group of 5-10 flowers arranged in raceme inflorescence. Female flowers appear singly in a leaf axil.Male and female flowers are born on same plant. White petal are distinctive, with threadlike structure on the margin.Female flower has a small oblong ovary below the calyx.
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Root type: Taproot
Stem Appearance: Climber
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: Green with sharp hair
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Annual climber, grows very rapidly completing its lifecycle with a season. Stem grows soft hairs.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 09-Oct-2022 08:09 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 09-Oct-2022 08:10 AM
Photo Description: None
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 09-Oct-2022 08:09 AM
Photo Description: None
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 09-Oct-2022 08:10 AM
Photo Description: None
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 09-Oct-2022 08:10 AM
Photo Description: None
Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Tendrillar
Leaf Type: Simple
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Simple leaf with a presence of tendril at the leaf node.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Palmate
Lamina Bases:
Lamina Margins: Serrate
Lamina Apices: Rounded apice
Lamina Texture: Pubescent
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Pubescent leaf with 5-7 irregular shape lobes.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 09-Oct-2022 08:09 AM
Photo Description: Male Flower
Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Raceme
Bract:
Inflorescence Description: Male flowers are borne at the end of the branch in a group of 5-10 flowers arranged in raceme inflorescence. Female flowers appear singly in a leaf axil.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 09-Oct-2022 08:08 AM
Photo Description: Male Flower
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 09-Oct-2022 08:10 AM
Photo Description: Male Flower
Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Monoecious
Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Epigynous
Aestivation:
Flower Description: Male and female flowers are born on same plant. White petal are distinctive, with threadlike structure on the margin.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 09-Oct-2022 08:09 AM
Photo Description: Male Flower
Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Actinomorphic gamosepalous
Calyx Persistance:
Calyx Number of sepals: 5
Corolla Arrangement: Actinomorphic gamopetalous
Corolla Appendages: na
Corolla Number of petals: 5
Perianth Arrangement: na
Perianth Number of tepals: na
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Androecium Number of Stamens: 5
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Gynoecium Union of Carpels:
Gynoecium Number of Carpels: 3
Floral Parts Description: Female flower has a small oblong ovary below the calyx.
Fruit type: Berry
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Seed Type: Dicotyledon
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