- Source: Trichosanthes pilosa
Trichosanthes pilosa is a tropical or semitropical vine bearing an edible fruit. It is native to Japan, Taiwan, India, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Xizang (Tibet), Zhejiang) and other parts of southeast Asia as well as in Australia. It is known in English as Japanese snake gourd.
The Japanese snake gourd (T. pilosa), is very similar in its vegetative characters to the more widespread "snake gourd", Trichosanthes cucumerina, the flower and leaves of the two species are very similar but the fruit of T. pilosa are round to egg-shaped, about 7 cm long and not resembling a snake.
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Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Trichosanthes
- Trichosanthes pilosa
- Trichosanthes
- Trichosanthes cucumerina
- List of Australian plant species authored by Ferdinand von Mueller
- List of near threatened plants
- List of plants of Doi Suthep–Pui National Park
- Kalam language
