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SCFBio, IIT Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi
Medicinal Plant TaxID: 50543

Trichosanthes cucumerina

Family: Cucurbitaceae • Common: Malabar Patola; Snake Gourd; Wild Snake Gourd
42 Compounds Australia; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; China; India; Jawa; Laccadive Islands; Lakshadweep Islands; Lesser Sunda Islands; Maldives; Myanmar; Nepal; Northern Territory; Pakistan; Philippines; Queensland; Sri Lanka; Sulawesi; Thailand; Vietnam; Western Australia

Overview

Species Trichosanthes cucumerina
Habit Climber
Habitat Margins of Tropical semi-evergreen forests; Margins of semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests; Tropical moist deciduous forests; also in the plains
Distribution (India)
India Map

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