Edible: Leaves, Fruit, Seeds
A herb. It is a pumpkin family plant. It keeps growing from year to year. It can be climbing or have the stems trail along the ground. They are 3 m long. They have bristly hairs. The tendrils and thin and simple. The leaves are spear shaped or almost triangle shaped. They can have lobed and teeth. They are 2-9 cm long and 5 mm wide. The fruit are berries. They are in groups of 1-7 on short stalks. They are clustered in the axils of the leaves. They are red. The plant varies a lot.
Probably now Cucumis maderaspatana.
It is a tropical plant. It grows in forest and along rivers. It is often on sandy soils. It grows in savannah grassland. It grows between 300-1,250 m above sea level. In the Indian Himalayas it grows between 1,300-2,100 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
Common Names: Madras pea pumpkin, Chirati, Rough bryony, Agumaki, Bilari, Bristly bryony, Cauqua nham, Chirati, Choti kakdi, Galgughri, Ghugri, Goi gawasi, Guliya-kakri, Gwala kakri, Heen kekeri, Hurya kakdi, Ilayam, Killari, Kooturubudama, Madras sea pumpkin, Math ghughri, Mosu mosu keerai, Mukkalpeeram, Mukkapeera, Musumusukkai, Noogudosa, Pahari kakharu, Telakucha
Synonyms: Byonia cordifolia L.;
Bryonia scabrella L.;
Coccinia cordifolia (L.) Cogn.;
Cucumis maderaspatana Linn.;
Melothria maderaspatana (Linn.) Cogn.;
Mukia scabrella Arn.;
and others