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__NOTOC__{{Plantbox
| name = ''LATINNAME''   <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name -->
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| name = ''Thladiantha''  
| common_names =     <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
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| common_names = Goldencreeper, Manchu tuber-gourd, Wild potato
 
| growth_habit = ?  <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
 
| growth_habit = ?  <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
 
| high = ?  <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
 
| high = ?  <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
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| sunset_zones =    <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
 
| sunset_zones =    <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
 
| color = IndianRed
 
| color = IndianRed
| image = Upload.png  <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
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| image = La Belgique horticole pl26 Thladiantha dubia.jpg
| image_width = 240px   <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
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| image_width = 180px   <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
| image_caption =     <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
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| image_caption = Thladiantha dubia
 
| regnum = Plantae  <!--- Kingdom -->
 
| regnum = Plantae  <!--- Kingdom -->
 
| divisio =  <!--- Phylum -->
 
| divisio =  <!--- Phylum -->
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Thladiantha (Greek, to crush and flower; the author of the genus is said to have named it from pressed specimens) (syn. Thladianthe douteuse). Cucurbitaceae. Herbaceous softly pubescent vines with tuberous roots, some of which are hardy, others adapted to the greenhouse.
Thladiantha (Greek, to crush and flower; the author of the genus is said to have named it from pressed specimens). Cucurbitaceae. Herbaceous softly pubescent vines with tuberous roots, some of which are hardy, others adapted to the greenhouse.
      
Leaves ovate-cordate, denticulate, sinus deep; tendrils simple: fls. dioecious, rather large, golden yellow; male fls. solitary or racemose, calyx-tube short-campanulate, 5-lobed, corolla rather irregularly campanulate, 5-parted, stamens 5, ovary rudimentary; female fls. solitary, calyx and corolla as in the male, stamens rudimentary or none; ovary oblong, pubescent, with 3 placentae: fr. oblong, fleshy, indehiscent, many-seeded. —About 13 species, China, Java, and Himalayas.
 
Leaves ovate-cordate, denticulate, sinus deep; tendrils simple: fls. dioecious, rather large, golden yellow; male fls. solitary or racemose, calyx-tube short-campanulate, 5-lobed, corolla rather irregularly campanulate, 5-parted, stamens 5, ovary rudimentary; female fls. solitary, calyx and corolla as in the male, stamens rudimentary or none; ovary oblong, pubescent, with 3 placentae: fr. oblong, fleshy, indehiscent, many-seeded. —About 13 species, China, Java, and Himalayas.