Summary ²

Trichosanthes pilosa is a tropical or semitropical vine bearing an edible fruit. It is native to Japan, India, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xizang (Tibet), Zhejiang) and other parts of southeast Asia as well as in Australia. It is known in English as Japanese snake gourd.

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1. (c) urasimaru, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/urasimaru/9449918308/
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichosanthes_cucumeroides

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online
• 日本のレッドデータ検索システム
• 植物和名−学名インデックス YList

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