Pan India Bouquets

Trichosanthes dicoelosperma C.B.Clarke

Family : Cucurbitaceae
(Gourd Or Melon Family)
Family (Hindi name) : KHARBOOZA FAMILY (खरबूजा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Cucurbitaceae
Synonym(s) : Anguina cucumeroides (Ser.) Kuntze; Anguina dicoelosperma (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze; Anguina hearnii (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Kuntze; Anguina pilosa (Lour.) Kuntze; Bryonia cucumeroides Ser.; Platygonia kaempferi Naudin; Trichosanthes ascendens C.Y.Cheng & C.H.Yueh; Trichosanthes baviensis Gagnep.; Trichosanthes boninensis Nakai; Trichosanthes cavaleriei H.Lév.; Trichosanthes chinensis Ser.; Trichosanthes chingiana Hand.-Mazz.; Trichosanthes cucumeroides (Ser.) Maxim. ex Franch. & Sav.; Trichosanthes cucumeroides var. cavaleriei (H.Lév.) W.J.Chang; Trichosanthes cucumeroides var. dicoelosperma (C.B.Clarke) S.K.Chen; Trichosanthes cucumeroides var. hainanensis (Hayata) S.K.Chen; Trichosanthes formosana Hayata; Trichosanthes hainanensis Hayata; Trichosanthes hearnii F.Muell. ex Benth.; Trichosanthes holtzei F.Muell.; Trichosanthes mafuluensis Merr. & L.M.Perry; Trichosanthes matsudae Hayata; Trichosanthes okamotoi Kitam.; Trichosanthes ovigera var. boninensis (Nakai) H.Ohba; Trichosanthes ovigera subsp. cucumeroides (Ser.) C.Jeffrey; Trichosanthes pierrei Gagnep.; Trichosanthes reniformis Kurz; Trichosanthes rostrata Kitam.; Trichosanthes trichocarpa C.Y.Wu; Trichosanthes vanoverberghii Merr.; Trichosanthes vanoverberghii var. breviloculata Lu Q.Huang
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Trichosanthes pilosa Lour.
Common name : Japanese snake gourd
Habit : Climber
Habitat : Thickets along valleys, open forests on mountain slopes; 700-2500 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Fruit edible.
Flower, Fruit : May-December
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : China, East Himalaya, Hainan, Japan, Jawa, India, Kazan-retto, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Queensland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, Western Australia
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Tropical and subtropical Asia to North Australia
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 136
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Trichosanthes dicoelosperma. Downloaded on 4 July 2022.

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