Red-Ball Snake Gourd
Trichosanthes tricuspidata
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Trichosanthes tricuspidata
- Genus
- Trichosanthes
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Himalayas, China, Japan, Malesia, Tropical Australia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Cucurbitaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Red-Ball Snake Gourd itself; the rest are typical of the Cucurbitaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- মাকাল
- Telugu
- అవ్వగూదపండు
- Marathi
- कौंदळ
About Red-Ball Snake Gourd
Red-ball Snake Gourd (Trichosanthes tricuspidata) is a climber in the Cucurbitaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Karnataka and 9 other states. It grows in deciduous forests, also in the plains. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
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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