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Kedrostis foetidissima (Jacq.) Cogn. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 3:634. 1881. C. Jeffrey in Milne-Redhead and Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa(Cucurbitaceae) 137. 1967; R.R. Stewart in Nasir & Ali, Ann. Cat. Pl. W. Pak. & Kashm. 705. 1972; C. Jeffrey in Kew Bull. 34:801. 1980.
S. NAZIMUDDIN AND S. SHAHARYAR H. NAQVI
Bryonia rostrata Roettl.Kedrostis rostrata (Roettl.) Cogn.Melothria foetidissima (Jacq.) G. RobertyRhynchocarpa foetida ClarkeTrichosanthes foetidissima Jacq.
Stem scandent, not spreading. Leaves petioled, shortly pubescent or scabrulous, ovate, 2-4 cm long and as broad; base deeply emarginate, apex acute, margin entire, undulate or denticulate, tendril filiform. Male inflorescence usually 2-flowered, 0.5-1.5 cm long. Calyx tube hemispherical, shortly and sparsely villous, c. 2 mm long, teeth narrowly triangular. Petals yellow, oblong lanceolate, acute, c. 4 mm long. Female inflorescence 1-7 mm long. Fruit deep red, ovoid, sessile, or subsessile 10-25 x 8-12 mm, 1-5 seeded.
Type: A plant sent from West Africa cultivated in Vienna.
Distribution: India, Bangla Desh, Burma, Pakistan (Sind) and Tropical E. Africa.
Reported from Ghulamullah in Sind (Blatter, Sabnis and McCann, Fl. Indus Delta 14. 1929). It seems to be a rare species.
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