Stem glabrous or slightly puberulent. Leaves membranous; petiole 3-6 cm, glabrous; leaflets obovate-oblong, glabrous, median leaflets 4-6 × 1.5-2 cm, lateral leaflets shorter, base attenuate, margin crenate-dentate, apex acuminate or acute; petiolules 3-9 cm. Tendrils slender, 2-fid. Plants monoecious. Male flowers in racemes or panicles; rachis slender, flexuous, 10-30 cm, glabrous; pedicels capillary-like, often fasciculate, 1-3 mm, with bracteoles at base; calyx segments narrowly ovate, 1-1.5 mm, acute; corolla segments ovate-lanceolate, 2.5-3 × ca. 1 mm, 3-veined, entire or indistinctly dentate. Female flowers in panicles 5-12 cm, or fascicled in axils of leaves; pedicels filiform, reflexed; bracteoles subulate; ovary funnelform. Fruit pale green, turbinate, 12-16 × 8-11 mm, apex truncate, 3-longitudinally dehiscent, 1-3-seeded. Seeds dark brown, oblong, 7(-12) × 3-4 mm, 1-2 mm thick, verrucose, base acute, margin dentate, apex truncate.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Gomphogyne alleizettei Gagnep. |
| synonym | Gomphogyne bonii Gagnep. |
| synonym | Gomphogyne macrocarpa Cogn. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Morphology
Clijmbing herbs; branches slender; Stem glabrous or slightly puberulent. Leaves compound, pedately divided into leaflets; petiolules ca. 0.2-0.5 cm long; petioles up to 5 cm long; lamina ca. 4-6 x 1-3 cm, obovate-oblong, attenuate at base, acuminate or acute at apex, margin crenate-dentate, membranous, glabrous, filiform. Male flowers in racemes or panicles; rachis slender, ca. 10-30 cm, flexuous, glabrous; pedicels ca. 0.1-0.3 cm, capillary-like, often fasciculate, with bracteoles at base; calyx segments ca. 0.1-0.15 cm, narrowly ovate, acute; corolla segments 0.25-0.3 × ca. 0.1 cm, ovate-lanceolate, 3-veined, entire or indistinctly dentate. Female flowers in panicles 5-12 cm, or fascicled in axils of leaves; pedicels filiform, reflexed; bracteoles subulate; ovary funnelform. Fruit pale green, turbinate, 1.2-1.6 × 0.8-1.1 cm, apex truncate, 3-longitudinally dehiscent. Seeds 1-3, 1.2 × 0.3-0.4 cm, 0.1-0.2 cm thick, dark brown, oblong, verrucose, base acute, margin dentate, apex truncate.
French Institute of Pondicherry
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Mixed forests, stream banks, moist places
Forests on mountainsides; 2100-2800 m.
French Institute of Pondicherry
| Attributions | French Institute of Pondicherry |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Forests on mountainsides; 2100-2800 m.
Description
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Himalayas, Manipur; Indo-malaysia
Local Distribution
Morigaon
Global Distribution
Bhutan, India, Nepal
Indian Distribution
Assam, Himalayas, Manipur.
Assam Distribution
Morigaon
French Institute of Pondicherry
| Attributions | French Institute of Pondicherry |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Bhutan, India, Nepal
Endemic Distribution
Endemic to Assam
French Institute of Pondicherry
| Attributions | French Institute of Pondicherry |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Singh, N.P., Singh, K.P., Singh, D.K. 2002. Flora of Mizoram: Vol. I: 628, Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta
- Flora of China 'eFloras (2008). http://www.efloras.org. Missouri Botanical Garden & Harvard University Herbaria. (accessed on 23/3/2018).
Information Listing > References
- Singh, N.P., Singh, K.P., Singh, D.K. 2002. Flora of Mizoram: Vol. I: 628, Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta
- Flora of China 'eFloras (2008). http://www.efloras.org. Missouri Botanical Garden & Harvard University Herbaria. (accessed on 23/3/2018).
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Cucurbitales |
| Family | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus | Gomphogyne |
| Species | Gomphogyne cissiformis Griff. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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