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'''''Trichosanthes''''' is a genus of tropical and subtropical [[vine]]s.
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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]].
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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.
 
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.
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==Species==
 
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* ''T. kirilowii'' Maxim
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* ''T. rosthornii'' Harms
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* ''T. anguina''
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* ''T. baviensis'' Gagnepain
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* ''T. cucumeroides'' (Ser.) Maxim. (see right figure)
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* ''[[Trichosanthes dioica|T. dioica]]'' (Bengali: potol, green vegetable)
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* ''T. dunniana'' Levl.
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* ''T. fissibracteata'' C.Y. Wu ex C.Y. Cheng & Yueh
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* ''T. homophylla'' Hayata
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* ''T. kerrii'' Craib
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* ''T. laceribractea'' Hayata
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* ''T. lepiniana'' (Nuad.) [[Cogn.]]
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* ''T. ovigera'' Blume
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* ''T. pedata'' Merr. & Chun
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* ''T. quinquangulata'' A. Gray
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* ''T. rubiflos'' Thorel ex Cayla
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* ''T. rugatisemina'' C.Y. Cheng et Yueh
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* ''T. sericeifolia'' C.Y. Cheng et Yueh
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* ''T. subrosea'' C.Y. Cheng et Yueh
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* ''T. subvelutina F.Muell. ex Cogn.
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* ''T. tricuspidata'' Lour.
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* ''T. truncata'' C.B. Clarke
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* ''T. villosa'' Blume
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* ''T. wallichiana'' (Ser.) Wight
    
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