About Red-ball Snake Gourd
Trichosanthes tricuspidata is a species of flowering plant in the family Cucurbitaceae. 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.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Trichosanthes tricuspidata
- Genus
- Trichosanthes
- Family
- CUCURBITACEAE
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Distribution
- India, Himalayas, China, Japan, Malesia, Tropical Australia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Bengali
- মাকাল
- Telugu
- అవ్వగూదపండు
- Marathi
- कौंदळ
Botanical family
Cucurbitaceae
Cucumber/Gourd family
Red-ball Snake Gourd belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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