Common name: Wild Melon, senat seed, small gourd, wild musk melon • Hindi: कचरी kachari, कचरिया kachariya • Marathi: शिंडे shinde • Konkani: चिबडिण chibdin • Assamese: gurmi • Gujarati: કચરી kachari
Botanical name: Cucumis melo ssp. agrestis Family: Cucurbitaceae (Pumpkin family)
Synonyms: Cucumis melo var. agrestis
Wild Melon is an annual climber growing to 1.5m. Leaves are ovate to heart-
shaped with lobes. Plants produce trailing vines and
yellow flowers similar to cucumbers
Flowering: July-September.
Identification credit: Dinesh Valke
| Photographed at Ghodbunder Road, Thane, Maharashtra. |
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