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Trichosanthes cucumerina

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID643ff91b9d76e908180054
Scientific name Trichosanthes cucumerina
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 1008 (1753)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

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General Uses Top

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Common products:
Young fruits of Trichosanthes cucumerina are consumed as a vegetable, typically cooked in curries and stir-fries; tender shoots and leaves may be collected as a potherb where locally recognized as edible.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
The species is cultivated and utilized as a minor leafy vegetable and fruit crop in parts of South and Southeast Asia, with fruits eaten after cooking. The species also serves as a model organism in plant biology due to its rapid growth, small stature, and suitability for experimental crosses.

Wood and fiber:
Vine stems are used for tying and binding in some local craft applications.

Properties relevant to use:
As a cucurbit, the plant exhibits high moisture content, relatively low lignification of vegetative tissues, and produces soft, flexible stems, which facilitate culinary use of tender parts and suitability for simple twine-like applications. The rapid vegetative growth supports its role as a laboratory model plant.

Standards and regulation:
No dedicated food or material standards specific to this species are identified. General national food safety frameworks apply to any marketed edible preparations derived from this plant.

Sustainability and sourcing:
Production is primarily smallholder or subsistence, often on marginal or home-garden plots, contributing to local dietary diversity and providing a low-input model organism in research settings.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Trichosanthes laciniosa J.G.Klein ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 4: 601 (1805)
Trichosanthes ambrozii Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 631 (1929)
Trichosanthes anguina L. Sp. Pl. : 1008 (1753)
Trichosanthes brevibracteata Kundu J. Bot. 77: 10 (1939)
Trichosanthes colubrina J.Jacq. Ecl. Pl. Rar. 2: t. 128 (1844)
Trichosanthes cochinchinensis M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 96 (1846)
Trichosanthes wightiana M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 96 (1846)
Trichosanthes pedatifolia Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 677 (1856)
Trichosanthes lobata Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 , 3: 703 (1832)
Trichosanthes reniformis Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 675 (1856)
Trichosanthes olida F.Muell. Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 7: 491 (1863)
Trichosanthes pachyrrhachis Kundu J. Bot. 77: 9 (1939)
Anguina anguina Huth Helios xi. 133 (1893).
Anguina cucumerina Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 254 (1891)
Cucumis anguinus L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2 : 1437 (1763)
Involucraria anguina M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 97 (1846)
Trichosanthes cucumerina var. anguina (L.) Haines Bot. Bihar Orissa : 388 (1922)
Involucraria cordata M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 97 (1846)
Trichosanthes cucumerina subsp. anguina (L.) Greb. Verz. Landwirtsch. Gärtn. Kulturpfl. , ed. 2, 2: 928 (1986)
Trichosanthes cucumerina var. lobata (Roxb.) S.N.Biswas Fl. Ind. , ser. 2, 2: 392 (2015)

Common names Top

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Language Common/alternative name
English long tomato
English club gourd
English snake gourd
English snakegourd
English ash gouard
Arabic بدوال
Bengali চিচিঙ্গা
Bengali কইডা
Czech vlasokvět okurkový
German schlangenhaargurke
German chinesische gurke
Esperanto serpentoharkukumo
Estonian harilik madukurk
French chichinga
French patole
French serpent gourde
Hindi चिचिड़ा
Indonesian pare belut
Kannada ಪಡುವಲಕಾಯಿ
mai कैता
Malayalam snake gourd
Malayalam പടവലം
Malayalam പടവലങ്ങ
Marathi पडवळ
Marathi ट्रायकोसँथेस अँग्विना
Malay pokok petola ular
Nepali चिचिण्डो
Dutch slangkalebas
Polish gurdlina ogórkowata
Polish gurdlina wężowa
Russian Трихозант змеевидный
sa पटोलः
Tamil புடோல்
Tamil புடலை
Tamil புடலங்காய்
Telugu పొట్ల కాయ
Telugu పొట్లకాయ
Telugu పొట్ల
Ukrainian Трихозант змієподібний
Chinese 野苦瓜
Chinese 瓜叶栝楼
Chinese 瓜葉栝樓

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Native
  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Ivory Coast
      • Senegal
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Gabon
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Comoros
      • Madagascar
      • Mauritius
      • Réunion
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • Bangladesh
      • East Himalaya
      • India
      • Laccadive Islands
      • Maldives
      • Nepal
      • Pakistan
      • Sri Lanka
      • West Himalaya
    • Indo-China
      • Andaman Islands
      • Cambodia
      • Myanmar
      • Nicobar Nicobar
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Jawa
      • Lesser Sunda Islands
      • Philippines
      • Sulawesi
    • Papuasia
      • Solomon Islands
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • Northern Territory
      • Queensland
      • Western Australia
  • Pacific
    • Northwestern Pacific
      • Caroline Islands
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Vanuatu
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Leeward Islands
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Windward Islands

Links to other databases Top

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000408012
UNII 0O18492P45
Florida Plant Atlas 4190
USDA Plants TRCU3
Tropicos 9201112
INPN 448494
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:294175-1
The Plant List kew-2433288
Open Tree Of Life 535813
NCBI Taxonomy 50543
IPNI 294175-1
iNaturalist 346340
GBIF 2874605
Freebase /m/07g31k
EPPO TTHCU
EOL 595306
USDA GRIN 40106
Wikipedia Trichosanthes_cucumerina

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_036507285.1 ASM3650728v1 Chromosome Beijing Vegetable Research Center 2024-02-22 121.5 877.17 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by various ethnic tribes of Mizoram, India Ralte L, Singh YT PLoS One 10-May-2024
PMCID:PMC11086894
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0302792
PMID:38728345
From Flora to Pharmaceuticals: 100 new additions to angiosperms of Gafargaon subdistrict in Bangladesh and unraveling antidiabetic drug candidates targeting DPP4 through in silico approach Ahmed SS, Rahman MO PLoS One 29-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10980240
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0301348
PMID:38551991
A metagenomic investigation of phytoplasma diversity in Australian vegetable growing regions Rodrigues Jardim B, Gambley C, Tran-Nguyen LT, Webster C, Kehoe M, Kinoti WM, Bond S, Davis R, Jones L, Pathania N, Sharman M, Chapman T, Rodoni BC, Constable FE Microb Genom 06-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10999746
doi:10.1099/mgen.0.001213
PMID:38446015
Comparative efficacy of non-electric cooling techniques to reduce nutrient solution temperature for the sustainable cultivation of summer vegetables in open-air hydroponics Nisar MM, Mahmood R, Tayyab S, Anees M, Nadeem F, Bibi S, Waseem F, Ahmed N, Li J, Zhao S Front Plant Sci 01-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10940466
doi:10.3389/fpls.2024.1340641
PMID:38495367
Synergistic Effect of Nilavembu Choornam–Gold Nanoparticles on Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Susceptibility and Contact Lens Contamination-Associated Infectious Pathogenicity Almutleb ES, Ramachandran S, Khan AA, El-Hiti GA, Alanazi SA Int J Mol Sci 09-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10889799
doi:10.3390/ijms25042115
PMID:38396792
A distinct strain of tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus that causes mosaic disease in ash gourd and other cucurbitaceous crops Vignesh S, Renukadevi P, Nagendran K, Senthil N, Kumar RV, SwarnaPriya R, Behera TK, Karthikeyan G Front Microbiol 26-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10641021
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1268333
PMID:37965544
Recent Advances in the Application of Cucurbitacins as Anticancer Agents Zieniuk B, Pawełkowicz M Metabolites 14-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10608718
doi:10.3390/metabo13101081
PMID:37887406
Bitter taste receptors of the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) Kumar P, Redel U, Lang T, Korsching SI, Behrens M Front Physiol 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10582322
doi:10.3389/fphys.2023.1233711
PMID:37860623
An in vivo and in silico evaluation of the hepatoprotective potential of Gynura procumbens: A promising agent for combating hepatotoxicity Tithi TI, Tahsin MR, Anjum J, Zaman TS, Aktar F, Bahar NB, Tasnim S, Sultana A, Jahan I, Afrin SS, Akter T, Sen P, Koly FJ, Reza MS, Chowdhury JA, Kabir S, Chowdhury AA, Amran MS PLoS One 15-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10503776
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291125
PMID:37713406
OLID I: an open leaf image dataset for plant stress recognition Orka NA, Uddin MN, Toushique FM, Hossain MS Front Plant Sci 12-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10523147
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1251888
PMID:37771492
Handwashing among caregivers of young children in a protracted and complex refugee and immigration context: a mixed methods study on the Thai–Myanmar border Pooseesod K, Umezaki M, Phetrak A, Phuanukoonnon S Front Public Health 31-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10423810
doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1099831
PMID:37583886
The Preferred Habitat of Reintroduced Banteng (Bos javanicus) at the Core and the Edge of Salakphra Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand Chaiyarat R, Ingudomnukul P, Yimphrai N, Nakbun S, Youngpoy N Animals (Basel) 13-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10376307
doi:10.3390/ani13142293
PMID:37508070
Cucurbitacin-B instigates intrinsic apoptosis and modulates Notch signaling in androgen-dependent prostate cancer LNCaP cells Alafnan A, Khalifa NE, Hussain T, Osman ME Front Pharmacol 28-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10338038
doi:10.3389/fphar.2023.1206981
PMID:37448964
Kumar MA, K P K J Ayurveda Integr Med 27-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10692372
doi:10.1016/j.jaim.2023.100741
Epigenetic effects of herbal medicine Wu YY, Xu YM, Lau AT Clin Epigenetics 13-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10183144
doi:10.1186/s13148-023-01481-1
PMID:37179342

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