Trichosanthes coriacea
Annual Gourd
Trichosanthes cucumerina
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- Botanical name
- Trichosanthes cucumerina
- Also known as
- Annual Gourd, Snake Gourd, Snakegourd
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Trichosanthes
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Annual Gourd
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Trichosanthes cucumerina but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Anguina anguina
Anguina cucumerina
Cucumis anguinus
Involucraria anguina
Involucraria cordata
Trichosanthes ambrozii
Trichosanthes anguina
Trichosanthes brevibracteata
Trichosanthes cochinchinensis
Trichosanthes colubrina
Trichosanthes cucumerina subsp. anguina
Trichosanthes cucumerina var. anguina
Trichosanthes cucumerina var. lobata
Trichosanthes laciniosa
Trichosanthes lobata
Trichosanthes olida
Trichosanthes pachyrrhachis
Trichosanthes pedatifolia
Trichosanthes reniformis
Trichosanthes wightiana
Others in Trichosanthes
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