Macrophotography //mukia maderaspatana

Hello hivers

Lately I'm a little more busy studying macrophotography, everything I see I will definitely take a photo, the bushes are my favorite object, usually lots of insects, spiders and wild plants

A few days ago I found a plant that is increasingly rare today, as I recall, this plant used to be everywhere even in front of the door of the house, but now times have changed even things that used to be easy to find have also changed, this plant has a scientific name mukia maderaspatana

Mukia maderaspatana is a species of plant in the family Cucurbitaceae, This species is found throughout Indomalaya and Meganesia, it is also known as Cucumis maderaspatanus
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At first glance it looks like a watermelon and is colorful, but this fruit is small, about the size of a thumb

In Indonesian, if I'm not mistaken, this fruit is called Timun India, this plant spreads like a watermelon and has beautiful flowers, besides that the tree trunk also has fine thorns that hurt a little when it gets punctured, I found out when I was about to taste this fruit, it turned out to be delicious. sour friends

This fruit has seeds and has a little flesh attached to the seed, almost like a cucumber seed in shape

In addition to its beauty, it turns out that this fruit is also very beneficial for human health, this plant is often used as an ingredient in herbal medicine.