IUCN Status
: Not Applicable
Author: Ankit jangir
Explorer and field botanist.
- Ctenolepis cerasiformis, Bryonia fimbristipula, Zehneria cerasiformis
- Naturally grown
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Blastania cerasiformis is a monoecious , nearly glabrous perennial climber with annual stems.
a very distinctive and readily recognizable species with its circular , ciliate stipule like Probracts.
leaves are broadly ovate in outline ,deeply palmately 3-5 lobed , roughly hairy above and on the veins.
flowering and fruiting time - August - October. -
Blastania ceraciformis
fruiting body of cherry bur cucumber
fruits are cherry like red berries. -
Blastania cerasiformis
Image showing the habit of the plant .
cherry bur cucumber climbing on Vachellia tortilis( Israeli babool).
