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Family: Cucurbitaceae	Genus: Coccinia	Species: Coccinia grandis (Linn.) Voigt, ( जंगली कुन्दुरू )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Coccinia indica Wight & Arn., Bryonia grandish Linn., Cephalandra indica Naudin,	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Jungali Kandaroi, Bhimb	Flower Type	Solitary
English / Trade Name	Ivoy Gourd.	Flowering Period	July-Sept
Vernacular /Local Name	Jungali Kunduru,	Fruiting Period	Oct-Dec
Altitude	Up to 2000 m	Fruit Type	Pepo
Habit	Climber	Fruit Details	Fruits ellipsoid, with rounded, rarely acute ends, green with white strips; orange – red on ripening., smooth; seeds many, compressed, margined, embedded in red pulp.
Habitat	Along river banks, it is not confined to wetlands but often found in swamps, marshy wastelands, water-logged places, banks of ponds and rivers, rice fields and seasonally inundated areas. It is also tolerates saline and alkaline conditions	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Tropical Africa and Asia	Bark Details	Stem slightly woody, many branched, angular, glabrous.
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Perennial, climber tuberous roots; tendrils simple, rarely 2 – fid. Leaves ovate, cordate shallowly 5 – partite, segments denticulate, pellucid dotted. Flowers white; male flowers 1 – 3, in the axils of leaves; stamens 3, included; anthers united in S – shape. Female flowers solitary; calyx tube campanulate. Ovary glabrous, oblong; style long with trifid stigma. Fruits ellipsoid, with rounded, rarely acute ends, green with white strips; orange – red on ripening., smooth; seeds many, compressed, margined, embedded in red pulp.	Leaf Details	Leaves ovate, cordate shallowly 5 – partite, segments denticulate, pellucid dotted.

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