Gymnopetalum chinense (PROSEA)
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Gymnopetalum chinense (Lour.) Merr.
- Family: Cucurbitaceae
Synonyms
Gymnopetalum cochinchinense (Lour.) Kurz, G. quinquelobum Miq., ? Gymnopetalum leucostictum Miq..
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: manisan, kemarogan (Java), timput pulau (Sumatra)
- Malaysia: sepan, belimun tikus, tuasah
- Laos: kadoom khôm, khiiz kaa
- Thailand: khika-dong (Saraburi), phakkhaep pa (Nan), kadom (central)
- Vietnam: cu'c qua, biêm biêm nho lá.
Distribution
From India, throughout Indo-China, to western Malesia.
Uses
The unripe deseeded fruits are candied or used as condiment. In Vietnam the leaves are used as a vegetable, in Laos as a fish poison. Medicinally the leaves are used against rheumatism and tetanus, and to cure ophthalmia.
Observations
Monoecious creeping or climbing herb, up to 4-5 m long. Leaves simple, lobed, 4-6 cm × 3-5 cm. Fruit an ovoid to oblongoid berry, 5 cm × 2.3 cm, red, with 10 fine ribs and numerous seeds. On waste land, along roads and in secondary forests, usually at low altitudes.
Selected sources
10, 20, 26.
