Trichosanthes tricuspidata
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| T. tricuspidata fruit | |
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| Flower | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus: | Trichosanthes |
| Species: | T. tricuspidata |
| Binomial name | |
| Trichosanthes tricuspidata | |
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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

- T. tricuspidata var. tomentosa (near Mananthavady, India)
References
- 1 2 3 "Trichosanthes tricuspidata Lour". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
- 1 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.
- ↑ 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
Categories:
- Trichosanthes
- Flora of tropical Asia
- Flora of the Andaman Islands
- Flora of Borneo
- Flora of Cambodia
- Flora of Indonesia
- Flora of Java
- Flora of Laos
- Flora of the Lesser Sunda Islands
- Flora of Malaysia
- Flora of Myanmar
- Flora of the Nicobar Islands
- Flora of Sulawesi
- Flora of Thailand
- Flora of Vietnam
- Taxa named by João de Loureiro

