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Chinese cucumber
Trichosanthes kirilowii
Trichosanthes kirilowii is a flowering plant in the family Cucurbitaceae found particularly in Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi, and Shaanxi. It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it shares the name guālóu (Chinese: 栝楼) with the related T. rosthornii. It is known as "Chinese cucumber" and "Chinese snake gourd" in English.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.23
Illustrated Herbal Primer
Chen Jiamo (陳嘉謨) · 1628 · p.94
Illustrated Herbal Primer
Chen Jiamo (陳嘉謨) · 1628 · p.94
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 19)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.110
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 21)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.50
Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.753
In the stacks
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Every page naming Trichosanthes kirilowii in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 62634.