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This genus is accepted, and its native range is Nigeria, Tanzania, E. Himalaya to S. China and W. Malesia.
A specimen from Kew's Herbarium

Native to:

Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Jawa, Malaya, Nigeria, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam

Siraitia Merr. appears in other Kew resources:

First published in Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 19: 200 (1934)

Accepted by

  • Rebnner, S.S. & Pandey, A.K. (2013). The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences PhytoKeys 20: 53-118.

Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0