Trichosanthes
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Trichosanthes is a genus of tropical and subtropical vines.
The shoots, tendrils, and leaves of some or possibly all species may be eaten as greens, and at least two species are raised for their fleshy fruits used as vegetables, most popular in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
ExpandRead about Trichosanthes in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Species
- T. kirilowii Maxim
- T. rosthornii Harms
- T. anguina
- T. baviensis Gagnepain
- T. cucumeroides (Ser.) Maxim. (see right figure)
- 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
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Trichosanthes. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Trichosanthes QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)