Hodgsonia heteroclita (Roxb.) Hook.f. & Thomson, Proc. Linn. Soc. London 2: 257 1853. (syn: Trichosanthes heteroclita Roxb.); Chinese lardfruit, Pork fat nut;
Looking forward to see the name of this wild species from Manas......... yes my friend santanu identified it as Hodgsonia macrocarpa...... Only species of Hodgsonia found in India is Hodgsonia heteroclita, while Hodgsonia macrocarpa (Blume) Cogn. is a different species now & not found in India as per The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences by Susanne S. Renner, Arun K. Pandey. (2013) Help me to identify this climber from Assam. It blooms at night. Is it Hodgsonia macrocarpa of Cucurbitaceae? Fwd: Fwd: [efloraofindia:50420] Climber for ID - efloraofindia | Google Groups : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Help me to identify this climber from Assam. It blooms at night. Is it Hodgsonia macrocarpa of Cucurbitaceae? I found photo not in very expressive. Petals lacks lacerate nature. I am enclosing two of my Hodgsonia macrocarpa Hook. f. collections in fruits for reference. Also inclosing the protologue reference from Himalayan Plants. Does look like Hodgsonia macrocarpa to me and matches well with the protologue... Hodgsonia macrocarpa (Bl.) Cogn. Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] iii. 349. (1881) ISOTYPES: Java, Mt Salak, Blume (BR, L-fide Keraudren, 1975). Attachments (2) Only species of Hodgsonia found in India is Hodgsonia heteroclita, while Hodgsonia macrocarpa (Blume) Cogn. is a different species now & not found in India as per The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences by Susanne S. Renner, Arun K. Pandey. (2013)
ID Request - SJ: 3May12: Would much appreciate ID confirmation of this creeper flower seen in abundance in Digboi Oil fields where I had gone bird-watching in mid-April. Possibly some species of Trichosanthes Seems to be Hodgsonia heteroclita a himalayan creeper / flower known to the west since Hooker's time in a beautifull illustrations by Cathcart .. wish you also has shown us the leaves full face... Oh I forgot wiki has nice figures the ones I told you about by Cathcart ...in the old book... lovely botanical drawings... check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodgsonia Hodgsonia macrocarpa syn. Hodgsonia heteroclita Hook.f. Only species of Hodgsonia found in India is Hodgsonia heteroclita, while Hodgsonia macrocarpa (Blume) Cogn. is a different species now & not found in India as per The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences by Susanne S. Renner, Arun K. Pandey. (2013)
Location Rajnagar Kumarghat Unakoti district Tripura Please confirm
Also check observations & images at Hodgsonia heteroclita Only species of Hodgsonia found in India is Hodgsonia heteroclita, while Hodgsonia macrocarpa (Blume) Cogn. is a different species now & not found in India as per The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences by Susanne S. Renner, Arun K. Pandey. (2013) Actually this was collected from Kalitila/Kalatila on Bangladesh Tripura border. I read observations on EFI and some are saying both are synonyms of each other. I attached photos of the fruit which is brown with ridges like pumpkin. Tribals also reported that there exists another variety like ashgourd with small dots but no ridges. References: The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences by Susanne S. Renner, Arun K. Pandey. (2013) |
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