Zehneria marginata (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Zehneria marginata (Blume) Keraudren

Family: Cucurbitaceae

Synonyms

• Melothria marginata (Blume) Cogn.,
• M. affinis King.

Vernacular names

• Indonesia, Malaysia: kundur tikus, timun tikus, pedendang tikus
• Thailand: taeng-nu (Kanchanaburi, Chumphon)
• Vietnam: câù qua.

Distribution

Thailand, Indo-China, Peninsular Malaysia, Java.

Uses

The fruits are edible. Fruits also used as a remedy against coughs.

Observations

• Monoecious climbing herb, up to 4-5 m length.
• Leaves entire to 3-5-lobed, 6-10 cm × 4-10 cm.
• Fruit an ellipsoid berry, 1-1.5 cm × 0.8-1.2 cm, red.
• Seeds numerous.

In hedges, thickets, scrub and forest edges, up to 1200 m altitude.

Selected sources

• Backer, C.A. & Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C., 1963 1968. Flora of Java. 3 Volumes. Noordhoff, Groningen, the Netherlands.

• Burkill, I.H., 1966. A dictionary of the economic products of the Malay Peninsula. 2nd ed. 2 Volumes. Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2444 pp.

• Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam (various authors), 1960-. Vol. 1-24. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Authors

P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen