Trichosanthes wallichiana ?

SK 3822 28 July 2023: 4 images. Location: Taplejung, East Nepal  Date: July 2023 Elevation: 1000 m. Habit : Wild Images sent by Sajan Subedi, a friend. Leaves look like Trichosanthes wallichiana (Ser.) Wight but flowers look different. Yes, different. Could not find any match as per comparative images at https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/10/cucurbitaceae/ This looks a bit difficult! Trichosanthes dunniana H.Lév. ?? I […]

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Trichosanthes bracteata ?

  SK 3726 07 May 2023: 7 very high res. images. Location: Gaurati, Chautara, Nepal  Date: 06 May 2023 Elevation: 1733 m. Habit : Wild  Trichosanthes wallichiana (Ser.) Wight ?? The following is also possible: https://efloraofindia.com/2020/03/22/trichosanthes-bracteata/ Cannot say …

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Trichosanthes ovigera

Trichosanthes ovigera Bl., Bijdr. 934 1826. (syn: Anguina ovigera (Bl.) Kuntze; Trichosanthes chingiana Hand.-Mazz.; Trichosanthes hearnii F. Muell. ex Benth.; Trichosanthes himalensis C. B. Clarke; Trichosanthes himalensis var. indivisa Chakr.; Trichosanthes himalensis var. sikkimensis (Kundu) Thothathri; Trichosanthes ovigera var. sikkimensis Kundu; Trichosanthes rostrata Kitam.); . Tropical Asia to NE Queensland, Vanuatu: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, East Himalaya, Jawa, Myanmar, Nepal, […]

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Trichosanthes bracteata

Trichosanthes bracteata (Lam.) Voigt (syn: Trichosanthes palmata Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 704. 1832, nom. illeg., non L., Syst. Nat. 2: 1278. 1759; J. Graham, Cat. Pl. Bombay: 79. 1839; Dalzell, Cat. Indig. Pl. Bombay Pres.: 26. 1858; Dalzell & A. Gibson, Bombay Fl.: 85103. 1861; C.B. Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 606. 1879, […]

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Trichosanthes cordata

Trichosanthes cordata Roxb., Fl. Ind., ed. 1832 3: 703–704 1832. (syn: Anguina cordata (Roxb.) Kuntze; Involucraria cordata (Roxb.) M. Roem.; Trichosanthes microsiphon Kurz; Trichosanthes tuberosa Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. (ambiguous synonym)); . SE-Tibet, India, peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar [Burma] (Bago), Darjeeling, Nepal, Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life; . Climber; root tuberous; stem robust, angular, […]

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Trichosanthes cucumerina subsp. anguina (Cultivated)

Trichosanthes cucumerina subsp. anguina (L.) I. Grebenscikov (syn: Anguina anguina Huth; Cucumis anguinus (L.) L.; Involucraria anguina (L.) M. Roem.; Trichosanthes anguina L.; Trichosanthes colubrina Jacq. fil.; Trichosanthes cucumerina var. anguina (L.) Haines; Trichosanthes lobata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Trichosanthes lobata Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Trichosanthes petala Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.); India, Nepal, Thailand, Myanmar [Burma], […]

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Trichosanthes scabra ?

Trichosanthes scabra Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2: 589. 1790. (syn: Gymnopetalum scabrum (Lour.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes; Cucumis integrifolius Roxb.; Gymnopetalum integrifolium (Roxb.) Kurz,; Trichosanthes integrifolia (Roxb.) Kurz; Gymnopetalum integrifolium (Roxb.) Kurz var. pectinatum W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes; Gymnopetalum scabrum (Lour.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes var. pectinatum (W.J. de Wilde & Duyfjes) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes; […]

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Trichosanthes wallichiana

Trichosanthes wallichiana (Ser.) Wight, Madras J. Lit. Sci. 12: 52 1840. (Syn: Anguina wallichiana (Ser.) Kuntze; Involucraria wallichiana Ser.; Trichosanthes grandibracteata Kurz; Trichosanthes multiloba C. B. Clarke (ambiguous synonym); Trichosanthes palmata var. scotantus C.B. Clarke); . China (S-Yunnan), Tibet, Assam, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin), Indochina, peninsular Malaysia, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Singapore as per Catalogue […]

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Trichosanthes anamalaiensis

Trichosanthes anamalaiensis Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci. III, 1: 47 1864. ;   Large climbers; stem pilose, tendrils bifid. Leaves to 15 cm across, shallowly 3-5-lobed, lobes cuspidate, toothed, tomentose below, covered with circular cystolith above; petiole 5-6 cm long. Female flowers in cymes; bracts 3 cm across, deeply serrate; calyx tubular; petals 3 cm […]

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Trichosanthes costata

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.; […]

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Trichosanthes dioica

Trichosanthes dioica Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 3: 701 1832. ;   Sans: putulika; Hindi, Punjabi: parwal; Beng: potol; Guj. & Oryia: patal; Tel: kommupotla; Tam: kombu-pudalai; Kan: kaadu-padavala; Ma: patolam; “POTOL” in Bengali;          Jattal Panipat Photo On 29-4-10; Mumbai on 19 June 10; Trichosanthes dioica From Jattal Panipat – efloraofindia | […]

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Trichosanthes cucumerina subsp. cucumerina

Trichosanthes cucumerina subsp. cucumerina (Syn: Anguina cucumerina (L.) Kuntze; Bryonia umbellata Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Cucumis missionis Wall.; Trichosanthes ambrosii Domin; Trichosanthes brevibracteata Kundu; Trichosanthes laciniosa Klein ex Willd. (ambiguous synonym); Trichosanthes olida F. Müll.; Trichosanthes pachyrrhachis Kundu; Trichosanthes pilosa Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Trichosanthes reniformis Miq. (ambiguous synonym); Trichosanthes wightiana M. Roem.); . India, […]

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