Trichosanthes pilosa
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Trichosanthes pilosa, "Japanese snake gourd". | |
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Trichosanthes pilosa is a tropical or semitropical vine bearing an edible fruit. It is native to Japan, Taiwan, India, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Xizang (Tibet), Zhejiang) and other parts of southeast Asia as well as in Australia.[2][3][4][5][6] It is known in English as Japanese snake gourd[note 1].
The Japanese snake gourd (T. pilosa), is very similar in its vegetative characters to the more widespread "snake gourd", Trichosanthes cucumerina, the flower and leaves of the two species are very similar but the fruit of T. pilosa are round to egg-shaped, about 7 cm long and not resembling a snake.[2]
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References
- ↑ The Plant List, Trichosanthes pilosa
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Flora of China v 19 p 45, Trichosanthes cucumeroides
- ↑ Merrill, Elmer Drew. 1914. Philippine Journal of Science. Section C, Botany. Manila, 9: 458, Trichosanthes vanoverberghii in the Philippines
- ↑ Kundu. 1943. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 43: 382, Trichosanthes ovigera var. sikkimensis, in Sikkim
- ↑ Blume, Carl Ludwig von. 1826. Bijdragen tot de Flora van Nederlandsch Indie 15: 934, Trichosanthes ovigera in Malaya
- ↑ Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm. 1856. Flora van Nederlandsch Indie i. I. 677, Trichosanthes horsfieldii in Java
- ↑ Robinson RW and DS Decker-Walters. 1997. Appendix: Common Cucurbit Names and their Scientific Equivalents. in: Cucurbits. CAB International, USA.
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- Cucurbitaceae
- Fruit vegetables
- Plants described in 1873
- Flora of India
- Flora of Japan
- Flora of Vietnam
- Flora of Guangdong
- Flora of Tibet
- Flora of Guangxi
- Flora of Australia
- Flora of Hainan
- Flora of Hunan
- Flora of the Philippines
- Flora of Sikkim
- Flora of Jiangxi
- Flora of China
- Flora of Sichuan
- Flora of Malaysia
- Flora of Taiwan
- Flora of Zhejiang
- Edible plants