Trichosanthes pilosa Lour. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Trichosanthes

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Tribe:

Sicyoeae

Nomen number:

470289

Place of publication:

Fl. cochinch. 2:588. 1790

Verified:

01/29/2015 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Bryonia cucumeroides Ser.
Trichosanthes cucumeroides (Ser.) Maxim.
Trichosanthes himalensis C. B. Clarke
Trichosanthes ovigera Blume

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Reference(s)

Cooper, W. E. & H. J. de Boer. 2011. A taxonomic revision of Trichosanthes L. (Cucurbitaceae) in Australia, including one new species from the Northern Territory. Austrobaileya 8:371-375.
De Wilde, W. J. J. O. & B. E. E. Duyfjes. 2008. Miscellaneous South East Asian cucurbit news. Reinwardtia 12:270-271.
Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Common names

English
snake gourd –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangdong Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guizhou Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hainan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hunan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jiangxi Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Sichuan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Xizang Zizhiqu	s.e.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Zhejiang Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Honshu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Kyushu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Ryukyu Islands
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Shikoku
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Bangladesh
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India		n.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Nepal
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Myanmar
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Vietnam
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Jawa
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Kalimantan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Lesser Sunda Islands
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Maluku
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Sulawesi
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Sumatera
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines	Luzon
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines	Mindanao
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Singapore
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Papuasia	Indonesia	Papua
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Papuasia	Papua New Guinea
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Papuasia	Solomon Islands
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Northern Territory
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Queensland	n.e.
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Western Australia	n.e.

Native
Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China [Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Hainan Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Xizang Zizhiqu (s.e.), Yunnan Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng]
EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku], Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India (n.), Nepal
PAPUASIA: Indonesia [Papua], Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
MALESIA: Indonesia [Sulawesi, Jawa, Kalimantan, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Sumatera], Malaysia, Philippines [Mindanao, Luzon], Singapore

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [Northern Territory, Queensland (n.e.), Western Australia (n.e.)]

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Human food	fruit	as Trichosanthes ovigera	Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):489.
Human food	starch	as Trichosanthes ovigera	Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):489.
Medicines	folklore	as Trichosanthes ovigera	Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):489.

Taxon: Trichosanthes pilosa Lour.