Cucurbitaceae

Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim.

Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Trichosanthes

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Trichosanthes kirilowii: Trichosanthes kirilowii — Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (9)

Arabic: قرع الحية الكريلوي
arz: قرع الحية الكريلوى
Cantonese: 栝樓
Chinese: 栝楼, 栝樓, 天花粉, 括樓, 栝楼子, 栝楼皮, 瓜楼, 瓜萎
Japanese: キカラスウリ, カロコン, カ楼根, 括楼根
Korean: 하늘타리, 하눌타리
lzh: 栝樓
Persian: تریچسانتس کیریلوی
Thai: เทียวฮวยฮุ้ง, เทียนฮวาเฟิ่น

Synonyms

Anguina japonica (Miq.) Kuntze
Anguina kirilowii (Maxim.) Kuntze
Eopepon aurantiacus Naudin
Eopepon vitifolius Naudin
Gymnopetalum japonicum Miq.
Trichosanthes japonica (Miq.) Regel
Trichosanthes obtusiloba C.Y.Wu ex C.Y.Cheng & Yueh
Trichosanthes quadricirrha Miq.
Trichosanthes vitifolia (Naudin) N.E.Br.

Photos

Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nesnad, CC BY 4.0, 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). About our plant data.