MOMORDICA COCHINCHINENSIS
Author:
Curt Polycarp J. Sprengel, 1826
Family:
CUCURBITACEAE
Origin:
Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, East Himalaya, India, Indonesia, Java, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, NE Australia, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
Elevation:
Publisher:
Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 14 (1826)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
3 Centimetres
Height:
10 Metres
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Muricia cochinchinensis Lour. 1790.
Momordica mixta Roxb. 1832.
Momordica macrophylla Gage, 1904.
Momordica meloniflora Hand.-Mazz. 1921.
Momordica ovata, Cogn.
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Momordica sphaeroidea, Blanco.
Momordica suringarii, Cogn.
Zucca commersoniana, Ser.
This member of the Cucurbitaceae family was given this name by Curt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel in 1826. It is found in Taiwan, Bangladesh, China, India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Queensland; northern Australia. It is growing in a rather rich soil with quite some water and little to some sun. The flowers are pale yellow with a black centre. The roots are tuberous, the size might not excide three centimetres in diameter. The wines can reach ten metres or more. Grown for its dark orange fruits that grow to 10-15 centimetres in diameter. It is dioecious; either male- or female plants.
The name comes from Mordio: 'to bite' after the bitten appearance of the seeds. The species name derives from the Cochinchina region in the northern part of Viet Nam. The red fruits from Freepik.com.
Flower
Pale Yellow
Soil
Mix - Rich
Water
Medium - Maximum
Sun
Minimum - Medium
