Cucurbitaceae

Manchu tubergourd

Thladiantha dubia Bunge

Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Thladiantha

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Manchu tubergourd (Thladiantha dubia) — FlowerPhoto: Miriam Sokhet, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (9)

Belarusian: Тладыянта няпэўная
Chinese: 赤瓟, 赤, 赤瓞（赤臼、赤包、赤雹）, 赤瓟根, 赤雹, 赤飑
Czech: Loubenka pochybná
English: Manchu tubergourd
Kazakh: Күмәнді қоңыраусары
Russian: Тладианта сомнительная, Красный огурец
Slovenian: Navadna zmečkanka
Swedish: Berggurka
Ukrainian: Тладіанта сумнівна

Synonyms

Thladiantha sparsiflora E.H.L.Krause

Flowers

In flower: July to September (from 88 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Vine
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Miriam Sokhet, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Erica Barkley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Andrei Orekhov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Sergey Basalaev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Евгений Рыбальченко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Марина Давлетшина, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Liubov Ilminska, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.