Mosukkattaan PRODUCT NAME
Passiflora foetida Linn. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Mosukkattaan |
| Local Name: | Tamil-Mosukkattaan, Poonaipidukku. |
| Family: | Passifloraceae |
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| Product Description: | A slender vine Flower: Solitary, axillary Fruit: A berry, subglobose, orange when ripe. Seeds many, ellipsoid, deeply pitted, apex three dentate. Branchlets densely stiff hispid and foetid when bruised. Crushed plant leaves on oily substance on the skin. Edible fruit. At once recognized by the moss-like pectinate involucres of the flowers. Leaves preferred by goats |
| NTFP Classification: | Feed, fodder and fuelwood |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | India |
| Description: | Upto 1200m, abundant on river side’s thickets. |
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| Origin: | Native of tropical S America now naturalized through tropical Africa through SE Asia to China. |
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| Partners: | Keystone Foundation |
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