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1. Siraitia grosvenorii (Swingle) A.M.Lu & Zhi Y.Zhangwfo-0000441673

Guihaia 4(1): 29. 1984.— Momordica grosvenorii Swingle (‘grosvenori’), J. Arnold Arbor. 22: 198, pl. 1, 2. 1941.— Thladiantha grosvenorii (Swingle) C.Jeffrey, Kew Bull. 33: 393. 1979. Fig. 36: C–E.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Calyx lobes ± narrowly triangular, with (long)acute-acuminate apex. Fruit broadly ellipsoid or subglobose, 6–11 by 3–4 cm, hairy. Seeds 15–18 by 10–12 mm, with 2-ridged margin.

Notes: Siraitia grosvenorii does not occur in our region but can be found in Chinese shops and local markets in Thailand. For its sweet medicinal fruits.