Madras Pea Pumpkin
Mukia maderaspatana
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Assam, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
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.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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