Trichosanthes cochinchinensis

Trichosanthes cochinchinensis
T. cochinchinensis in Cat Tien National Park: forest margin (August)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Cucurbitaceae
Genus:	Trichosanthes
Species:	T. cochinchinensis
Binomial name
Trichosanthes cochinchinensis (Lour.) M. Roem.
Synonyms[1]
List Tripodanthera cochinchinensis (Lour.) M. Roem. Trichosanthes laciniata Ridl. Trichosanthes fatoa Buch.-Ham. Trichosanthes costata Bl. Scotanthus tubiflorus Naud. Scotanthus porteanus Naud. Momordica tubiflora Roxb. Momordica surculata Noronha Momordica spicata Linné ex Sm. Gymnopetalum quinquelobum Miq. Gymnopetalum quinquelobatum Merr. Gymnopetalum heterophyllum Kurz Gymnopetalum cochinchinensis (Lour.) Kurz Gymnopetalum chinense (Lour.) Merr. Euonymus chinensis Lour. Euonymus chinensis Lindl. Cucumis tubiflorus Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Bryonia grandis Wall. Bryonia cochinchinensis Lour.

Trichosanthes cochinchinensis^[2] is a climbing plant in the family Cucurbitaceae,^[1] but the name may be unresolved,^[3] with The Plant List indicating that Gymnopetalum cochinchinense is a synonym of G. chinense (Lour.) Merr.^[4] No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life, which records its distribution as: China (Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Yunnan), India (including South Andaman, North Nicobar), Nepal to Assam, Bhutan, Myanmar, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Islands), Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Singapore, Java, Philippines, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.^[1] In Vietnamese its name is dây cứt quạ.^[5]