Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Trichosanthes cucumerina, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced7 Source not recorded8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 1008 (1753)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1753	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Annual gourd	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Fruit color	orange	orange · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Fruit shape	berry	berry · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Forb/herb, Vine	Forb/herb, Vine · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Sexuality	monoecious	monoecious · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 365	Sourced
Vegetable	true	true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Phenology
Duration	annual	annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 365, 882	Sourced
Fruit months	jan, feb, mar, apr, may	jan, feb, mar, apr, may · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced

Trichosanthes cucumerina L., 1753 18% complete

Annual gourd

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