Trichosanthes tricuspidata

Trichosanthes tricuspidata
T. tricuspidata fruit
Flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Cucurbitaceae
Genus:	Trichosanthes
Species:	T. tricuspidata
Binomial name
Trichosanthes tricuspidata Lour.
Synonyms [1]
Anguina tricuspidata(Lour.) Kuntze

Trichosanthes tricuspidata is a species of flowering plant in the family Cucurbitaceae . ^{[1] [2] [3]} It is a climbing plant native to the Andaman Islands, Borneo, Cambodia, Indonesia, Java, Laos, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Nicobar Islands, Sulawesi, Thailand, and Vietnam. ^[1]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life: ^[2]

• T. t. asperifolia
• T. t. seramensis
• T. t. siberutensis
• T. t. javanica
• T. t. rotundata
• T. t. tricuspidata
• T. t. flavofila
• T. t. strigosa
• T. t. tomentosa

Gallery

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  T. tricuspidata var. tomentosa (near Mananthavady, India)

References

1. "Trichosanthes tricuspidata Lour". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
2. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
3. Loureiro, João de (1790) Flora Cochinchinensis 2: 589.

External links

• Media related to Trichosanthes tricuspidata at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Trichosanthes tricuspidata at Wikispecies