Trichosanthes cucumerina L.

McQuate, Grant T. & Liquido, Nicanor J., 2013, Annotated World Bibliography of Host Fruits of Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae), Insecta Mundi 2013 (289), pp. 1-61 : 40

Trichosanthes cucumerina L.

GRIN Nomen number: 40106

Family: Cucurbitaceae

Common Name: annual gourd (English), club gourd (English), serpent gourd (English), serpentcucumber (English), snake gourd (English), viper’s gourd (English).

Native: ASIA-TEMPERATE - China: China- Yunnan; ASIA-TROPICAL - Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka; Malesia: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines; AUSTRALASIA - Australia: Australia- Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia.

Listing Only: Agrawal and Mathur 1991 (“snake gourd”); Kapoor 1970 (“ Trichosanthes anguina ”; “snake gourd”); Kumar and Agarwal 2003 (“ Trichosanthes angurna [sic]”); Liquido et al. 1994; Moiz et al. 1967 (“snake gourd”); Narayanan and Batra 1960 (“”snake gourd”); Puttarudriah and Usman 1954 (“snake gourd”); Syed 1970; Udayagiri 1987 (“snake gourd”); Udayagiri and Mohan 1986 (“snake gourd”); Vargas and Nishida 1985a (“ Trichosanthes angurna L.”); White and Elson-Harris 1992 (“a doubtful record”).