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| August 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
| Family | Cucurbitaceae |
| Subfamily | Cucurbitoideae |
| Tribe | Trichosantheae |
| Subtribe | Trichosanthinae |
| Scientific name | Trichosanthes cucumeroides (Seringe) Maximowicz |
| Synonyms | Bryonia cucumeroides Seringe; Trichosanthes cavalerei Léveillé; Trichosanthes chinesis Seringe; Trichosanthes cucumeroides (Seringe) Maximowicz var. formosana (Hayata) Kitamura; Trichosanthes cucumeroides (Seringe) Maximowicz var. globosa Honda; Trichosanthes cucumeroides (Seringe) Maximowicz var. stenocarpa Honda; Trichosanthes formosana Hayata |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) karasu uri (カラスウリ, 烏瓜 [meaning: crow melon]) |
| (English common name) Japanese snake gourd | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) China, Taiwan, India | |
| Habitat | Forest edge, roadside, bush |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=44 |
| Description | Leaves 6-10cm wide. Flowers white, flowering in August to September. Fruits red 5-7cm long. Vine. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Trichosanthes cucumeroides (Ser.) Maxim. |
| Trichosanthes ovigera Blume | |
| Anti-HIV protein, TAP 29, from tricosanthes, DNA coding therefor and therapeutic uses thereof (US Patent 5532214/1996) | |
| Novel cytotoxic protein (European Patent Application EP0286441) | |
| Cosmetic composition containing polyorganosiloxane-containing epsilon-polylysine polymer, and polyhydric alcohol, and production thereof (European Patent EP1604647/2008) | |
| Oil droplet-in-water type emulsion composition (Japanese Patent JP62087241/1987) | |
| Bleaching cosmetic (Japanese Patent JP2005112793) | |
| Note | Trichosanthes ovigera Blume (syn. Trichosanthes chingiana Handel-Mazzetti; Trichosanthes himalensis C. B. Clarke; Trichosanthes himalensis C. B. Clarke var. indivisa Chakravarty; Trichosanthes himalensis C. B. Clarke var. sikkimensis (Kundu) Thothathri; Trichosanthes ovigera Blume var. sikkimensis Kundu; Trichosanthes rostrata Kitamura) is not a synonym of Trichosanthes cucumeroides (Seringe) Maximowicz. Trichosanthes ovigera Blume can be found in Okinawa of Japan and also in tropical Asia. |
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August 2007 at lowland forest edge |
August 2007 at lowland forest edge |
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August 2005 at lowland forest edge |
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| October 2007 at lowland forest edge |
October 2007 at lowland forest edge |
October 2007 at lowland forest edge |
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| October 2007 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
