Distribution: Afghanistan (Paktia / Khost); China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan); Tibet; Taiwan; Pakistan (Swat, Kurram, Drosh, Chitral, Hazara, Murree); Nepal; Bhutan; India (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman / Nicobar Isl.; Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Perak, Terengganu, Pahang); Java
34 AFG 36 CHI TIB 38 TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP PAK SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 JAW MLY
Remarks: often included in S. amplexicaulis s. lat.
Synonyms: hidden
= Bryonia hastata Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 594 (1790)
= Bryonia heterophylla (Lour.) Raeusch.; Nom. ed. III. 282 (1797)
= Bryonia rheedei Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 925 (1826)
= Bryonia sagittata Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 925 (1826)
= Karivia rheedei (Blume) M.Roem.; Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2 (Syn. Pepon.) 45 (1846)
= Melothria heterophylla (Lour.) Boiss.; Fl. Or. Suppl. (1888) 243, Boerl. Handl. Fl. Ned. Indie. 1(2): 596 (1890)
= Melothria heterophylla (Lour.) Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 618 (1881)
= Melothria marginata var. heterophylla (Lour.) Boerl.; Handl. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1: 596 (1890)
= Melothria ovata Cogn.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.275.I, Heft 66 (Cucurb.-Fevill.-Melothr.): 114 (1916)
= Momordica heterophylla "Cogn." ex Forbes & Hemsl.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 23: 318 (1887)
= Zehneria connivens Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 1: t. 656 (1856)
= Zehneria hastata Miq.; Pl. Jungh. 398, Fl. Ind. Bat. 1: I. 656 (1851)
= Zehneria heterophylla (Lour.) Druce; Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 653 (1917)