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Trichosanthes costata Blume

Species

Angiosperms > Cucurbitales > Cucurbitaceae > Trichosanthes

Characteristics

A pumpkin family herb. It is a climber. The stems and branches are slender. The leaves are oval to heart-shaped and 4-8 cm long by 4-8 cm wide. They have 3-5 lobes. The middle lobe is larger and the surfaces are rough. Both male and female flowers occur singly. The fruit are oval and 4-5 cm long. They have 10 ribs. The seeds are oblong and 7 mm long by 3 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention -
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 5.0
Root system creeping-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Waste land, along roads and in secondary forests, usually at low elevations. Forests and thickets on mountain slopes; at elevations from 400-900 metres.
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It is a subtropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses food medicinal poison potherb
Edible fruits leaves seeds shoots
Therapeutic use Antidote (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Miscarriage (unspecified), Tetanus (unspecified), Ophthalmia (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Trichosanthes costata world distribution map, present in Botswana, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:294172-1
WFO ID wfo-0000408032
COL ID 58JLC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Scotanthus porteanus Scotanthus tubiflorus Momordica spicata Bryonia cochinchinensis Trichosanthes fatoa Trichosanthes laciniata Trichosanthes costata Gymnopetalum chinense Gymnopetalum cochinchinense Gymnopetalum heterophyllum Gymnopetalum quinquelobatum Gymnopetalum quinquelobum Cucumis tubiflorus Euonymus chinensis Tripodanthera cochinchinensis Gymnopetalum cochinchinensis Gymnopetalum chinensis Momordica tubiflora Gymnopetalum cochinchinense var. incisa
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