Common name
English: Snakegourd
Mandarin: 瓜叶栝楼
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Cucurbitales (28)
Family: Cucurbitaceae (26)(family description)
Genus: Trichosanthes (5)
Epithet: cucumerina L. (1)
Synonyms: Trichosanthes brevibracteata Kundu, Trichosanthes pachyrrhachis Kundu
brevibracteata => having short bracts
cucumerina => cucumber-like
pachyrrhachis => thick rachis
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white
External links
Check for Trichosanthes cucumerina at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [1692] Trichosanthes cucumerina - Flora of China @ efloras.org
