Trichosanthes cucumerinaL.

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WFO wfo-0000408012 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Trichosanthes cucumerina, photographed by Sabarni Sarker
fig. a Sabarni Sarker, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-08-01 / obs. 87566659
Trichosanthes cucumerina, photographed by Sandipan Das
fig. b Sandipan Das, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 94127753
Trichosanthes cucumerina, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. c Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 129062575
Trichosanthes cucumerina, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. d Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 128859848
Trichosanthes cucumerina, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. e Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 128838226
Trichosanthes cucumerina, photographed by Paulmathi Vinod
fig. f Paulmathi Vinod, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 139229316
Trichosanthes cucumerina, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. g Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 127122190
Trichosanthes cucumerina, photographed by Aravinth
fig. h Aravinth, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59602638

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Native range 23 botanical countries

Regions where Trichosanthes cucumerina is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia China South-CentralChina SoutheastAssamBangladeshCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MyanmarNepalPakistanPhilippinesSri LankaSulawesiThailandVietnamWest HimalayaNorthern TerritoryQueenslandWestern Australia Laccadive Is.Maldives
Native distribution of Trichosanthes cucumerina, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laccadive Is. LDV
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Maldives MDV
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
Northern Territory NTA AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD
Western Australia WAU
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 20 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Anguina anguina Huth
  • Anguina cucumerina (L.) Kuntze
  • Cucumis anguinus L.
  • Involucraria anguina M.Roem.
  • Involucraria cordata M.Roem.
  • Trichosanthes ambrozii Domin
  • Trichosanthes anguina L.
  • Trichosanthes brevibracteata Kundu
  • Trichosanthes cochinchinensis M.Roem.
  • Trichosanthes colubrina J.Jacq.
  • Trichosanthes cucumerina subsp. anguina (L.) Greb.
  • Trichosanthes cucumerina var. anguina (L.) Haines
  • Trichosanthes cucumerina var. lobata (Roxb.) S.N.Biswas
  • Trichosanthes laciniosa J.G.Klein ex Willd.
  • Trichosanthes lobata Roxb.
  • Trichosanthes olida F.Muell.
  • Trichosanthes pachyrrhachis Kundu
  • Trichosanthes pedatifolia Miq.
  • Trichosanthes reniformis Miq.
  • Trichosanthes wightiana M.Roem.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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