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Author: An Min Lu & Jian-qiang Li, 1991
Family:  CUCURBITACEAE
Origin:   China, Malaysia; Borneo, Taiwan, Thailand
Soil:  Rich
Water:  Medium - Maximum
Sun:  Medium
Thickness:  40 Centimetres
Height:  6 Metres
Flower:   Greenish White - Cream - Yellow
PropagateSeeds
Names:  -
Synonyms:  Thladiantha borneensis, Merr. 1929.
Siraitia borneensis
, C. Jeffrey, 1984.
Baijiania borneensis var. paludicola, Duyfjes.

This dioecious member of the Cucurbitaceae family was given this name by An Min Lu and Jian-qiang Li in 1991. It is found in China, Malaysian island of Borneo, Taiwan and Thailand, growing in a well drained but rich soil with quite some water and some sun sun. The caudex can grow to 40 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to six metres in height. The flowers are from greenish white over cream to yellow.

The genera name puzzles me: Can it be named after the Indian city of Baiji? (Or the Iraqi city with the same name?). The species name means it originates from Borneo.


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