台湾白兼果 tai wan bai jian guo

Thladiantha taiwaniana Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 119. 1911; Baijiania taiwaniana (Hayata) A. M. Lu & J. Q. Li; Siraitia taiwaniana (Hayata) C. Jeffrey ex A. M. Lu & Zhi Y. Zhang.

Stem and branches sulcate-angular, subglabrous. Petiole ca. 3 cm; leaf blade oblong-cordate or ovate-cordate, 5-12 × 5-10 cm, abaxially sparsely setose at first, ultimately glabrous, adaxially scabrous, punctate, 5-veined, base deeply cordate, margin irregularly dentate, 3-lobed, apex acute; median lobe oblong, ca. 6 × 3.5 cm. Tendrils simple. Male flowers: inflorescence racemose, axillary, 6-7 cm; bracts broadly obovate, ca. 7 × 5 mm, pubescent; calyx tube ca. 4 mm in diam., pubescent; segments 5, triangular-ovate, ca. 4 × 2.5 mm, apex acuminate; corolla segments 5, oblong, apex obtuse. Fruit globose, ca. 2.5 cm in diam., pubescent.

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