Trichosanthes scabra

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Botanical name
Trichosanthes scabra
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Genus
Trichosanthes
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Trichosanthes scabra

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Trichosanthes scabra but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Anguina integrifolia Cucumis integrifolius Gymnopetalum integrifolium Gymnopetalum integrifolium var. pectinatum Gymnopetalum integrifolium var. penicaudii Gymnopetalum leucostictum Gymnopetalum leucostictum var. grandiflorum Gymnopetalum monoicum Gymnopetalum monoicum var. incisa Gymnopetalum monoicum var. incisum Gymnopetalum pectinatum Gymnopetalum penicaudii Gymnopetalum scabrum Gymnopetalum scabrum var. pectinatum Gymnopetalum scabrum var. penicaudii Gymnopetalum weberi Scotanthus weberi Trichosanthes integrifolia Trichosanthes lucioniana

Others in Trichosanthes

Trichosanthes coriacea
Trichosanthes ishigakiensis
Trichosanthes tricuspidata f. siberutensis
Trichosanthes truncata
Trichosanthes adhaerens
Trichosanthes beccariana subsp. pusilla
Trichosanthes cordata
Trichosanthes tetragonosperma

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