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Gomphogyne cissiformis is a wild climbing vine in the gourd family, found in mountain forests of the Himalaya, Assam, Yunnan and Vietnam at 2,100 to 2,800 m. It is rarely grown in gardens, and its fruit is gathered from the wild by local people.
Gomphogyne cissiformis is a species of flowering plant in the family Cucurbitaceae, native to the Himalayas, Assam, Yunnan, and Vietnam. A climber, it is typically found in mountain forests, at elevations from 2,100 to 2,800 m (6,900 to 9,200 ft). Its fruit is edible and is collected in the wild by local peoples.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gomphogyne cissiformis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
