Thladiantha dubia

Bunge

Enum. Pl. China Bor., 29. 1833.

Common names: Manchu tuber gourd red hailstone thladianthe douteuse
IllustratedIntroduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 10. Mentioned on page 4.

Leaf-blades 5–10 × 4–9 cm, base cordate, apex short-acuminate, surfaces hirsutulous. Inflorescences: peduncle 5–15 mm. Flowers: hypanthium 2–4 mm; sepals recurving, 12–13 mm; petals ca. 25 mm, apex acute. Pepos 4–5 cm, surface with 10 obscure furrows. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Roadsides, thickets, pastures, waste places
Elevation: 10–200 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Man., Ont., Que., Ill., Mass., N.H., N.Y., Wis., Asia (China), Asia (Russia), also in South America (Ecuador), Europe, elsewhere in e Asia (China), elsewhere in e Asia (Japan), Pacific Islands (Galapagos Islands)

Discussion

Thladiantha dubia is characterized by its ovate-cordate, unlobed leaves; relatively large, solitary flowers with narrow, recurving sepals, campanulate corollas, yellow petals, usually with recurving apices; and pendulous, hirsute-villous, orange-red fruits. It is grown as an ornamental, especially for its large, bell-shaped flowers and brightly colored fruits. Few populations are apparently outside of cultivation at present, but even staminate plants are potentially invasive because of the spread by tubers.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Thladiantha dubia"
distinct +  and connate +
acute +  and short-acuminate +
Guy L. Nesom +
cordate +
broadly ovate;suborbiculate not lobed or angulate +
tubular +, saucer--shaped +, campanulate +  and rotate +
Manchu tuber gourd +, red hailstone +  and thladianthe douteuse +
campanulate +
Man. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Ill. +, Mass. +, N.H. +, N.Y. +, Wis. +, Asia (China) +, Asia (Russia) +, also in South America (Ecuador) +, Europe +, elsewhere in e Asia (China) +, elsewhere in e Asia (Japan) +  and Pacific Islands (Galapagos Islands) +
10–200 m +
furrowed +  and echinate +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
bristly +, smooth +, hairy +  and glabrous +
tuberculate +  and muricate +
fleshy +  and hard +
pistillate +, staminate +  and umbelliform +
densely hispid-hirsute +  and hirsute or hirsute-villous +
Roadsides, thickets, pastures, waste places +
perennial +
dioecious +  and monoecious +
shallowly campanulate;subrotate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
umbellate;subumbellate +
solitary +, corymbose +, fasciculate +, racemose +  and paniculate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
petiolate +, estipulate +  and simple +
serrate +  and denticulate +
not differentiated +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
induplicate-valvate +  and imbricate +
distinct +
ovate-oblong +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (?) +
Flowering Jun–Sep. +
Enum. Pl. China Bor., +
not arillate +
flattened +  and obovoid +
lanceolate +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
Illustrated +  and Introduced +
climbing +  and procumbent +
sprawling +  and prostrate +
columnar +
Thladiantha dubia +
Thladiantha +
species +
2-branched +  and unbranched +
plant +  and climbing +