Momordica cochinensis CUCURBITACEAE

Sample information

Sample ID280-21-2
Speciescochinensis
GenusMomordica
FamilyCUCURBITACEAE
Common namespike-footed crows cucumber
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Morphology

Pollen / Sporepollen
Morphologic typetricolporate
Surface patternreticulate
Equatorial sizemin 56, mean 59, max 60
Polar sizemin 49, mean 52, max 57
Equatorial shapeprolate, circular
Grain arrangementdicot
Wall thickness3
Dispersal formmonad
Morphology notesTricolporate. Prolate spheroidal to spheroidal; circular in pv. Pore and colpus membranes patterned. 59 (56-60) x 52 (49-57). Exine 3 u thick; sexine lt nexine; retipilate-reticulate.

Ecology and Geography

Plant typeangiosperm
Floristic region(s)Papua New Guinea (lowland)
Habitat notesherbaceous vine, border of Rainforest

Collection

CollectorExchange slide, Melbourne 1967
ANU access code11444
Collection siteMorobe Province, Lae District, Burep River, 15 miles northeast of Lae
Collection countryPapua New Guinea
Collection altitude30.48
Collection notesscanned card
Equatorial view