Common name
English: Snakegourd
Mandarin: 瓜叶栝楼
English: Snakegourd
Mandarin: 瓜叶栝楼
Kingdom: Plantae (2592)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2489)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2104)
Order: Cucurbitales (25)
Family: Cucurbitaceae (25)(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
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white
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