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

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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)

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Language Common/alternative name
English long tomato
English club gourd
English snakegourd
English snake gourd
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
Malayalam snake gourd
Malayalam പടവലം
Malayalam പടവലങ്ങ
Marathi ट्रायकोसँथेस अँग्विना
Marathi पडवळ
Malay pokok petola ular
Nepali चिचिण्डो
Dutch slangkalebas
Polish gurdlina wężowa
Polish gurdlina ogórkowata
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

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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

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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

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

Scientific Literature Top

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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
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
Role of phytocompounds as the potential anti-viral agent: an overview Mohanty SS, Sahoo CR, Paidesetty SK, Padhy RN Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 09-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10169142
doi:10.1007/s00210-023-02517-2
PMID:37160482
Do carbon stocks and floristic diversity of tropical homegardens vary along an elevational gradient and based on holding size in central Kerala, India? Kumar BM Agrofor Syst 07-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10081327
doi:10.1007/s10457-023-00821-7
PMID:37193256
Genome Characterisation of the CGMMV Virus Population in Australia—Informing Plant Biosecurity Policy Mackie J, Campbell PR, Kehoe MA, Tran-Nguyen LT, Rodoni BC, Constable FE Viruses 14-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10051534
doi:10.3390/v15030743
PMID:36992452
Preclinical evidence of polyherbal formulations on wound healing: A systematic review on research trends and perspectives Dubey S, Dixit AK J Ayurveda Integr Med 24-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9988554
doi:10.1016/j.jaim.2023.100688
PMID:36841194

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