− | Melothria maderaspatana, Cogn. (Cucumis maderaspatanus, Linn. Bryonia scabrella, Linn. f. Mukia scabrella, Arn.). Annual: lvs. ovate or somewhat deltoid, entire, angled or 3-5-lobed, very scabrous above and scabrous or short-hairy beneath: male fls. fascicled, the female solitary or only partially fascicled: fr. small, globose, smooth or sparsely echinulate, at first green and longitudinally variegated with brown-yellow, becoming red; seeds pitted. Trop.Asia and Afr. | + | Melothria maderaspatana, Cogn. (Cucumis maderaspatanus, Linn. Bryonia scabrella, Linn. f. Mukia scabrella, Arn.). Annual: lvs. ovate or somewhat deltoid, entire, angled or 3-5-lobed, very scabrous above and scabrous or short-hairy beneath: male fls. fascicled, the female solitary or only partially fascicled: fr. small, globose, smooth or sparsely echinulate, at first green and longitudinally variegated with brown-yellow, becoming red; seeds pitted. Trop. Asia and Afr. |