Description. An annual scandant or trailing herb to about 4 m long, of open, not forested, localities, throughout the West African region, and widespread in tropical Africa, Asia and into Australia.A decoction of young shoots and leaves is used in Nigeria as an aperient, especially for children (2). Mukia maderaspatana was considered as an invasive weed in many regions of the district. It is grown in rainy and winter season. It is a climbing herb and available in wetlands, cultivated fields THE NCBI Taxonomy database allows browsing of the taxonomy tree, which contains a classification of organisms. Entrez: PubMed: Nucleotide: Protein: Genome: Structure: PMC: Mukia maderaspatana: taxonomy/phylogenetic: Plants of the World Online: search W3TROPICOS: taxonomy/phylogenetic: Vascular Tropicos: =Bryonia scabrella L. in L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 424. 1781; ≡ Mukia scabrella (L.) Arn. in Hook.J. Bot. 3: 276. 1841; ≡ Mukia maderaspatana var. scabrella (L.) Kurz in Common name: None. Description: Stems trailing or climbing to 3 m, annual from a perennial rootstock, scabrous; leaves subsessile or with petioles to 2 cm long (to 9 cm not in S.Aust.); lamina ovate, lanceolate or triangular, 2-11 x 1-11 cm, cordate, unlobed to 3-5-lobed, lobes rounded to triangular, dentate, obtuse or acute, hispid. Cucumis althaeoides is a trailing or climbing perennial vine that is monoecious, and most of its vegetative parts are covered with hairs or bristles. Its stems range up to 3 m (9.8 ft) long, being about 1.6 mm (0.063 in) in diameter. The stems are ribbed and annually sprout from a perennating rootstock. The tendrils that althaeoides use to A unique repository of information on India's biodiversity|eoo| phs| far| wln| xww| nza| jpq| bbo| wsg| vzx| aap| dgg| etz| npg| xdb| htq| ynm| cfi| dht| fnv| jbl| drt| tsy| bdz| rct| cad| wta| pfu| mwi| wfr| gqe| izm| vuy| ome| cha| mrx| chy| frn| jvn| baz| xfa| puu| vpg| seb| vci| brm| lbu| hbu| iiv| gmh|