Madras Pea Pumpkin
Mukia maderaspatana
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Assam, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Madras Pea Pumpkin
Identify Madras Pea Pumpkin by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climber habit.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Gujarat, Assam, Karnataka, Meghalaya and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Cucurbitaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Madras Pea Pumpkin.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Mukia maderaspatana
- Genus
- Mukia
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Africa, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Myanmar, Philippines, Taiwan
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Assam, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Odisha, Sikkim
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Cucurbitaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Madras Pea Pumpkin itself; the rest are typical of the Cucurbitaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- முசுமுசுக்கை
- Malayalam
- മുക്കാപ്പിരി, Mukia maderaspatana
About Madras Pea Pumpkin
Madras Pea Pumpkin (Mukia maderaspatana) belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family, where it grows as a climber. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Assam, Karnataka and 13 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Cucurbitaceae
Cucumber/Gourd family
Madras Pea Pumpkin belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family.
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