Trichosanthes beccariana subsp. pusilla
Snake Gourd
Trichosanthes pilosa
Lour. Species
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- Botanical name
- Trichosanthes pilosa
- Also known as
- Snake Gourd
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Trichosanthes
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Snake Gourd
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Trichosanthes pilosa but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Anguina cucumerodes
Anguina hearnii
Anguina pilosa
Platygonia kaempferi
Trichosanthes ascendens
Trichosanthes baviensis
Trichosanthes boninensis
Trichosanthes cavaleriei
Trichosanthes chinensis
Trichosanthes chingiana
Trichosanthes cucumeroides var. cavaleriei
Trichosanthes cucumeroides var. formosana
Trichosanthes cucumeroides var. hainanensis
Trichosanthes cucumeroides var. stenocarpa
Trichosanthes formosana
Trichosanthes hainanensis
Trichosanthes hearnii
Trichosanthes himalensis var. indivisa
Trichosanthes holtzei
Trichosanthes mafuluensis
Trichosanthes matsudae
Trichosanthes okamotoi
Trichosanthes ovigera var. boninensis
Trichosanthes ovigera var. sikkimensis
Trichosanthes pierrei
Trichosanthes rostrata
Trichosanthes trichocarpa
Trichosanthes vanoverberghii
Trichosanthes vanoverberghii var. breviloculata
Others in Trichosanthes
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