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Trichosanthes rosthornii

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

Harms

Common Names

• Zhong hua gua lou (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• S. Anhui
• Guizhou
• NE. Jiangxi
• E. Sichuan
• Yunnan - China

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• brushwood

Flowering Times

• Jun-Aug (China)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Oct (China)

Herbaceous tendril vine with grooved stems. Leaf deeply 5-lobed, lobes dissected. 25mm flowers, male racemes or solitary axillary flowers, solitary female flowers & orange-yellow glabrous fruit to 110mm long x 100mm

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2