Cucurbitaceae
Snakegourd
Trichosanthes cucumerina
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Trichosanthes
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- بدوال, قرع الحنش
- arz
- بدوال
- Bangla
- চিচিঙ্গা, কইডা
- Burmese
- ပဲလင်းမြွေ
- Chinese
- 瓜叶栝楼, 瓜葉栝樓, 野苦瓜, 蛇瓜, 蛇豆, 豆角黄瓜
- Czech
- Vlasokvět okurkový
- Dutch
- Slangkalebas
- English
- Snakegourd, Club gourd, Long tomato, Snake gourd, Ash gouard
- Esperanto
- Serpentoharkukumo
- Estonian
- Harilik madukurk
- French
- Chichinga, Patole, Serpent gourde
- German
- Schlangenhaargurke, Chinesische Gurke
- Hindi
- चिचिड़ा
- Indonesian
- Pare belut
- Kannada
- ಪಡುವಲಕಾಯಿ
- Maithili
- कैता
- Malay
- Pokok Petola Ular
- Malayalam
- പടവലങ്ങ, Snake gourd, പടവലം
- Marathi
- पडवळ, ट्रायकोसँथेस अँग्विना
- Nepali
- चिचिण्डो
- Polish
- Gurdlina ogórkowata, Gurdlina wężowa
- Russian
- Трихозант змеевидный
- Sanskrit
- पटोलः
- shn
- မၢၵ်ႇၼွႆးငူး
- Tamil
- புடோல், புடலங்காய், புடலை
- Telugu
- పొట్ల కాయ, పొట్ల, పొట్లకాయ
- Ukrainian
- Трихозант змієподібний
Synonyms
- Anguina anguina Huth
- Anguina cucumerina (L.) Kuntze
- Cucumis anguinus L.
- Involucraria anguina M.Roem.
- Involucraria cordata M.Roem.
- Trichosanthes ambrozii Domin
- Trichosanthes anguina L.
- Trichosanthes brevibracteata Kundu
- Trichosanthes cochinchinensis M.Roem.
- Trichosanthes colubrina J.Jacq.
- Trichosanthes cucumerina subsp. anguina (L.) Greb.
- Trichosanthes cucumerina var. anguina (L.) Haines
- Trichosanthes cucumerina var. lobata (Roxb.) S.N.Biswas
- Trichosanthes laciniosa J.G.Klein ex Willd.
- Trichosanthes lobata Roxb.
- Trichosanthes olida F.Muell.
- Trichosanthes pachyrrhachis Kundu
- Trichosanthes pedatifolia Miq.
- Trichosanthes reniformis Miq.
- Trichosanthes wightiana M.Roem.
Flowers
- In flower
- March, July to October (from 58 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Aravinth, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Paulmathi Vinod, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Amit Dhiman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sabarni Sarker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Suhas Gurjar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Idrissa Tenon TRAORE, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Suresh Kumar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Saidul Haque, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Genevieve Early, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ameeruddin Syed, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.