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Trichosanthes tricuspidata Lour.
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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Trichosanthes tricuspida |
| Family name: |
CUCURBITACEAE
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| English name: |
Tridax Daisy
Coat Buttins
Mexcian Daisy
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| Sinhala name: |
Thiththa hondala (තිත්ත හොඬල)
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| Tamil name: |
Anakoruthi
Kurattai
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| Sanskrit name: |
Atmaraksha
Kimpaka
Mahakala
Vega
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| Conservation status: |
LC - Least Concerned - NRL - 2020
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| Description: |
Sturdy, woody, dioecious climber up to 8 m or more. Leaves (4-) 8 - 15 X (4-) 5.5 - 14 cm, generally thick, long-petiolate; lamina brodly ovate to subcircular in outline, cordate at base, variously somewhat shallowly to deeply 5 ( - 7)- palmately -lobed, lobes acute, broadly ovate to narrowly linear-oblong, subentire to denticulate, . flowers white, pinkish white to pink. Fruit c. 7 cm diameter, globose, with thick yellow pericarp, glabrous, smooth, green when young, ripening brilliant red. Seeds compressed, grey, surrounded in bottle-green pulp.
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Native
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