Details of genus: Trichosanthes L. [917]
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accepted: Accepted
Family: Cucurbitaceae
family_ja: ウリ
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distribution_en:
description_en: Genus of 15 species of monoecious or dioecious, annual and perennial tendril climbers found in woodland and scrub from Indonesia and Malaysia to the Pacific islands. They are grown mainly for their colourful, ornamental, mostly ovoid or spherical gourd fruits, which are edible when young. The alternate leaves are ovate to rounded, and simple or palmately 3- to 9-lobed. Parasol-like, fringed, 5-lobed flowers are produced from the upper leaf axils in summer, the females singly, the males in racemes or, rarely, singly. In frost-prone areas, grow in a warm greenhouse; elsewhere, train over a pergola, arch, or tree stump.
hardiness_en: Frost tender.
cultivation_en:
propagation_en: Sow seed at 20°C (68°F) in spring. Insert softwood cuttings with bottom heat in summer.
pests_en: Susceptible to red spider mites and whiteflies under glass.
description_ja:
comment: E. Asia, Pacific
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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-07-05 11:41
family:
| System | Accepted? | Scientific name | Japanese name | Infra-familial classification | # species | |
| APG4 | Cucurbitaceae | ウリ科 | Show | |||
| PB2 | Cucurbitaceae | ウリ科 | Show | |||
| PB3 | Cucurbitaceae | ウリ科 | Show |