var. cucumerina

De Wilde, Willem J. J. O. & Duyfjes, Brigitta E. E., 2012, Keys to and checklist of species of the genus Trichosanthes L. (Cucurbitaceae) in Indochina, Adansonia (3) 34 (2), pp. 265-278 : 269

a. var. cucumerina

DISTRIBUTION. — Widespread; India to Australia.

REMARK

Possibly a part of the records of var. cucumerina , having a very large distributional area (comparable to that of T. pilosa ), are feral, i.e. small-fruited forms

of the widely cultivated var. anguina , of which the area of origin is unknown.