| Teasle Gourd |
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| File size | 537837 |
| Original date | 7/4/05 7:47 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 5.4mm |
| Exposure time | 1/183s |
| Aperture | 4.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Momordica subangulata subsp. renigera Family: Cucurbitaceae (Pumpkin family)
Synonyms: Momordica renigera, Momordica hamiltoniana
Synonyms: Momordica renigera, Momordica hamiltoniana
Teasle Gourd is a perennial climber with stem robust.
Leaves are ovate-heart-shaped, below finely velvet-hairy, yellow-brown
velvet-hairy on veins or becoming hairless. Flowers arise singly in
leaf axils, creamish-yellow. Petals are oblong or obovate, 2-3 x 1.5-2.5
mm, 5-veined, tip blunt-rounded; strongly overlapping, stamens 3 or 5. Flower-stalks are
slender, 5-8 cm; bract round-kidney-shaped, 2-3 x 2-4 cm. Sepals are
lanceshaped. Fruiting stalk is slender, hairless.
Fruit is ovoid or broadly ovoid, 5-7 cm, covered all over with small
tubercles, ripening to red. It is eaten as a vegetable in NE India,
North Bengal and Assam. Teasle Gourd is found on roadsides on mountain
slopes, thickets; at altitudes of 1400-2500 m in Yunnan, Bangladesh, NE
India, Myanmar, Thailand. Flowering: June-August.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed in Imphal, Manipur. |
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