Plant Details

Accepted name:: Echinopepon racemosus (Steud.) C.Jeffrey [Cucurbitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
midhi pagal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mitipakal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Momordica muricata Vell. Fl. Flumin. 10: t. 94 (1831), nom. illeg.
Echinocystis araneosa Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 135 (1879).
Echinocystis lanata Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. Nouv. 2: 92 (1877).
Echinocystis macrocarpa Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17: 284 (1890), nom. illeg.
Echinocystis muricata Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. Nouv. 2: 88 (1877).
Echinocystis polycarpa Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. Nouv. 2: 90 (1877).
Echinocystis racemosa (Steud.) Mart.Crov. Notul. Syst. (Paris) 10: 56 (1955).
Echinopepon araneosus (Griseb.) Cogn. ex Harms Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 171 (1923).
Echinopepon horridus Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 6: 19 (1866).
Echinopepon lanatus (Cogn.) Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 5: 117 (1897).
Marah rusbyi (Greene) Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 2: 36 (1910).
Micrampelis araneosa (Griseb.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 257 (1891).
Micrampelis lanata (Cogn.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 257 (1891).
Micrampelis macrocarpa Rusby Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 3(3): 40 (1893), nom. illeg.
Micrampelis polycarpa (Cogn.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 257 (1891).
Micrampelis rusbyi Greene Erythea 1: 138 (1893).
Momordica racemosa Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 155 (1841).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Momordica muricata Vell.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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