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'''Cucumis prophetarum''' is a climbing or trailing plant. It produces annual stems up to 2.5 metres long from a perennial rootstockroot-stock. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local medicinal and food use. It is very occasionally cultivated and is also sold in local markets.
==Uses==
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==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=|en=Wild Gourd|gu=|hi=|kn=Mullugumbala|ks=|ml=|mr=|pa=|ta=|te=}}
==Properties==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Ovate-round|3-5 lobed with toothed margin|}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Ovate-Oblong||Yellow|In male stamens 2-5cm long and In female single 2-3mm long stalk}}
===Fruit===
<ref name="chemical composition">[Chemistry]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[Morphology]Kappatagudda - A Repertoire of Medicianal Plants of Gadag by Yashpal Kshirasagar and Sonal Vrishni, Page No. 150</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cucumis+prophetarum Cultivation]</ref>
