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'''''Trichosanthes''''' is a genus of tropical and subtropical [[vine]]s. The [[shoot]]s, [[tendril]]s, and [[leaf|leaves]] of some or possibly all species may be eaten as [[leaf vegetable|greens]], and at least two species are raised for their fleshy [[fruit]]s used as [[vegetable]]s, most popular in [[South Asia]] and [[Southeast Asia]]. {{Inc| Trichosanthes (Greek, hair and flower, alluding to the fringed edge of the petals). Cucurbitaceae. Snake Gourd. Climbing herbs, annual or perennial, sometimes shrubby at base, roots sometimes tuberous, grown both in the greenhouse and outdoors as tender annuals. Leaves entire or 3-5-lobed, base cordate; tendrils simple or 2-3-cleft: fls. rather large or small, white, monoecious; male fls. racemose, calyx-tube oblong or cylindrical, dilated above, 5-lobed, corolla rotate, 5-parted; stamens 3, ovary rudimentary; female fls., calyx and corolla as in male, stamens rudimentary or none; ovary oblong or globose: fr. usually large, fleshy, globose, oblong, ovoid-fusiform, or conical.—About 50 species, Trop. Asia, N. Austral, and Polynesia. Monographed in DC. Monogr. The fr. is often ornamental and highly colored; in T. Anguina it has been noted over 6 ft. in length. The plants flower in July from seed sown in March. They may be treated as tender annuals. {{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== {{edit-cult}} ===Propagation=== {{edit-prop}} ===Pests and diseases=== {{edit-pests}} ==Species== * ''T. kirilowii'' Maxim * ''T. rosthornii'' Harms * ''T. anguina'' * ''T. baviensis'' Gagnepain * ''T. cucumeroides'' (Ser.) Maxim. (see right figure) * ''[[Trichosanthes dioica|T. dioica]]'' (Bengali: potol, green vegetable) * ''T. dunniana'' Levl. * ''T. fissibracteata'' C.Y. Wu ex C.Y. Cheng & Yueh * ''T. homophylla'' Hayata * ''T. kerrii'' Craib * ''T. laceribractea'' Hayata * ''T. lepiniana'' (Nuad.) [[Cogn.]] * ''T. ovigera'' Blume * ''T. pedata'' Merr. & Chun * ''T. quinquangulata'' A. Gray * ''T. rubiflos'' Thorel ex Cayla * ''T. rugatisemina'' C.Y. Cheng et Yueh * ''T. sericeifolia'' C.Y. Cheng et Yueh * ''T. subrosea'' C.Y. Cheng et Yueh * ''T. subvelutina F.Muell. ex Cogn. * ''T. tricuspidata'' Lour. * ''T. truncata'' C.B. Clarke * ''T. villosa'' Blume * ''T. wallichiana'' (Ser.) Wight ==Gallery== {{photo-sources}} <gallery> Image:Trichosanthes cucumeroides of roots(f.) s.jpg|Roots of Trichosanthes cucumeroides Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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