Taxon:
Trichosanthes cucumerina L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1008. 1753
Verified:
01/29/2015
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
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Common names
English
annual gourd – snake gourd –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan Sheng | s. |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bangladesh | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
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 | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | n. |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | n. |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Western Australia | n. |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Yunnan Sheng (s.)]
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
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INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Northern Territory (n.), Queensland (n.), Western Australia (n.)]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Medicines | folklore | | Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):488. URL: http://proseanet.org |