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Cucurbitaceae

Trichosanthes pilosa Lour.

Family
Cucurbitaceae
Genus
Trichosanthes

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Trichosanthes pilosa: Trichosanthes ovigera (= Trichosanthes cucumeroides , = Trichosanthes pilosa ) hanging from the plant identified as a Japanese Snake Gourd (the edible at immatu
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Common names

By language (3)
Arabic
قرع الحية الشعري
Chinese
全缘栝楼, 实葫芦, 实葫芦根, 金丝莲, 短序栝楼, 海南栝楼, 杏籽栝楼, 海南栝樓
Japanese
ケカラスウリ

Synonyms

  • Anguina cucumerodes Kuntze
  • Anguina hearnii Kuntze
  • Anguina pilosa (Lour.) Kuntze
  • Platygonia kaempferi Naudin
  • Trichosanthes ascendens C.Y.Cheng & C.H.Yueh
  • Trichosanthes baviensis Gagnep.
  • Trichosanthes boninensis Nakai
  • Trichosanthes cavaleriei H.Lév.
  • Trichosanthes chinensis Ser.
  • Trichosanthes chingiana Hand.-Mazz.
  • Trichosanthes cucumeroides var. cavaleriei (H.Lév.) W.J.Chang
  • Trichosanthes cucumeroides var. formosana (Hayata) Kitam.
  • Trichosanthes cucumeroides var. hainanensis (Hayata) S.K.Chen
  • Trichosanthes cucumeroides var. stenocarpa Honda
  • Trichosanthes formosana Hayata
  • Trichosanthes hainanensis Hayata
  • Trichosanthes hearnii F.Muell. ex Benth.
  • Trichosanthes himalensis var. indivisa Chakrav.
  • Trichosanthes holtzei F.Muell.
  • Trichosanthes mafuluensis Merr. & L.M.Perry
  • Trichosanthes matsudae Hayata
  • Trichosanthes okamotoi Kitam.
  • Trichosanthes ovigera var. boninensis (Tuyama) H.Ohba
  • Trichosanthes ovigera var. sikkimensis Kundu
  • Trichosanthes pierrei Gagnep.
  • Trichosanthes rostrata Kitam.
  • Trichosanthes trichocarpa C.Y.Wu
  • Trichosanthes vanoverberghii Merr.
  • Trichosanthes vanoverberghii var. breviloculata Lu Q.Huang

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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.