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Trichosanthes kirilowii
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Trichosanthes kirilowii is a flowering plant in the family Cucurbitaceae found particularly in Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi, and Shaanxi (China). It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it shares the name guālóu with the related T. rosthornii. It is known as "Chinese cucumber" and "Chinese snake gourd" in English.
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Trichosanthes kirilowii
- Slug
- trichosanthes-kirilowii
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Trichosanthes
- Species
- kirilowii
- Wikidata QID
- Q847006
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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