Trichosanthes costata Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 933 (1826) (syn: Euonymus chinensis Lour.; Bryonia cochinchinensis Lour.; Cucumis tubiflorus Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.; Gymnopetalum chinense (Lour.) Merr.; Gymnopetalum cochinchinense (Lour.) Kurz; Gymnopetalum cochinchinense var. incisa Gagnep.; Gymnopetalum heterophyllum Kurz; Gymnopetalum quinquelobatum Merr.; Gymnopetalum quinquelobum Miq.; Momordica spicata L. ex Sm.; Momordica surculata Noronha; Momordica tubiflora Roxb.; Scotanthus porteanus Naudin; Scotanthus tubiflorus (Roxb.) Naudin; Trichosanthes fatoa Buch.-Ham.; Trichosanthes laciniata Ridl.; Trichosanthes parviflora Wight ex Wall.; Trichosanthes tatoa Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Tripodanthera cochinchinensis (Lour.) M.Roem.);
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Indian Subcontinent to S. China and Malesia: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO;
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Common name: Ribbed Orange Gourd
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This cucurbit was growing wild along fences in Jim Corbett area.
Young fruits remind of Luffa amara being softly echinate along angles (perhaps 8, but white flowers) and red fleshy fruit barely 3 cm long remininding Trichsanthes tricuspidata (but lacking fringed petal margins).
Kindly help in ID Finally got it identified as Gymnopetalum chinense (Lour.) Merr. by … on Facebook Latest name according to Renner and Pandey (2013) is Trichosanthes costata Bl. Sir to me it looks any sp of Herpetospermum. I may be wrong Yes Sir 2 days before only I saw Herpatospermum in Shimla flowers were yellow, but as i remember fruit was almost same. At that time camera was not in working mode so could not take any photo See this one in … upload … please have a look on this link. This might help u in reaching any conclusion. Identity is confirmed … Trichosanthes costata Bl. (syn: Gymnopetalum chinense (Lour.) Merr.) Rajnagar, Kumarghat, Tripura
Kindly identify
Luffa sp. Fruits look like Parvel, a vegetable.
ridges look to be more prominent and raised like in turai, not parvel we see now. but may be this the prototype of parvel, may be that’s why its colloquial name is ridge gourd.
Trichosanthes costata Blume
Syn : Gymnopetalum chinense (Lour.) Merr.
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Location: near Vannappuram, Thodupuzha, Idukki Dist., Kerala PIN:685607 Altitude: 1500fsl Flower date: 08NOV2022, 02pm Habitat: wild moisture, rocky hill roadside Plant habit: climbing, branches, weak fleshy quadrangular hairy stem 03mm diameter, tendrils, annual Height: 02.5 meters Leaves: alternate, heart shaped, acute, serrated margins, simple, hairy both sides, size:08×5cm Flower: axillary umbel racemose (male), diameter:22mm, white, lite fragrance Fruit: Seed: Camera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x Closest I can guess is Trichosanthes cochinchinensis (Lour.) M.Roem. ! Yes it is Trichosanthes cochinchinensis, dear …, thank you very much for ID my plant, The mid rib of petals are seems different? After perusing species listed in Flora of Peninsular India, I think it is Trichosanthes costata Blume only as per images at Taxonomy seems confusing with Catalog of Life/ GBIF saying something else than POWO.
https://www.gbif.org/species/3624992
. References: POWO Catalogue of Life The Plant List (Unresolved) GBIF (High resolution specimens) Useful Tropical Plants Flowers of India Wikipedia
Synopsis of Trichosanthes (Cucurbitaceae) based on recent molecular phylogenetic data by de Boer HJ, Thulin M.
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