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Trichosanthes cucumerina var. cucumerina

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Family Cucurbitaceae

Taxonomy: Trichosanthes cucumerina L. var. cucumerina

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Trichosanthes ambrozii Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Trichosanthes brevibracteata Kundu (taxonomic synonym)
  • Trichosanthes pachyrrhachis Kundu (taxonomic synonym)
  • Trichosanthes pedatifolia Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Trichosanthes reniformis Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Trichosanthes sp. Fine leaf (L.A.Craven 7930) NT Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
  • Trichosanthes sp. Nitmiluk (C.R.Michell 3293) NT Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (23), ATRP_2020 (1), NTH_2014 (30), WAH_2022_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 64 records in 7 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 40 mm (20-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 25 mm (15-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 25 mm (15-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): orange (1); yellow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 74.17 mm (45-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 83.33 mm (40-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2014]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 3 cm (1-5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): obovate (1); orbicular (1); ovate (3); triangular (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2014]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NTH_2014]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (2); herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyynnnnnnn (1); yyyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: NTH_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 8.75 mm (6.5-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2014]
  • seed_width (numerical): 4.75 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: NTH_2014]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (2); ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2014]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NTH_20141030Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
ABRS_20231523Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ATRP_202011F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.