Trichosanthes pilosa

Japanese snake gourd
Scientific classificationこの分類を編集する
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Trichosanthes
Species:
T. pilosa
Binomial name
Trichosanthes pilosa
Synonyms[1]
  • Anguina pilosa(Lour.) Kuntze

Trichosanthes pilosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Cucurbitaceae.[1][2] It 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.[3][4][5][6][7] It is known in English as Japanese snake gourd[note 1].

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.[3]

Notes

  1. ^Robinson and Decker-Walters (1997[8]) p. 203-206: "Japanese snake gourd" preferred name for Trichosanthes ovigera, and Trichosanthes ovigera preferred definition for "japanese snake gourd".

References

  1. ^ abc"Trichosanthes pilosa Lour". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
  2. ^ ab"Trichosanthes pilosa Lour". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
  3. ^ a b中国の植物相 v 19 p 45、Trichosanthes cucumeroides
  4. ^メリル、エルマー・ドリュー. 1914. フィリピン科学ジャーナル. セクションC, 植物学. マニラ, 9: 458,フィリピンのTrichosanthes vanoverberghii
  5. ^クンドゥ。 1943年。J.ボンベイ国立。履歴。社会43: 382、 Trichosanthes ovigera var.シッキムシス、シッキム州
  6. ^ブルーメ、カール・ルートヴィヒ・フォン. 1826. Bijdragen tot de Flora van Nederlandsch Indie 15: 934、マラヤの Trichosanthes ovigera
  7. ^ミケル、フリードリヒ・アントン・ヴィルヘルム。 1856. フローラ・ファン・ネーダーランシュ インディーズ i. I. 677、ジャワのTrichosanthes horsfieldii
  8. ^ Robinson RWとDS Decker-Walters. 1997.付録:ウリ科植物の一般名と学名。Cucurbits. CAB International、米国。