Trichosanthes cucumerina anguina

Botanical Description

Trichosanthes cucumerina anguina is an annual, climbing plant producing stems up to 5 metres long that can sprawl over the ground or climb into other plants for support, attaching themselves by means of tendrils and their slightly twining stems[ 188 Title The RHS Gardener's Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers Publication Author Brickell. C. Publisher Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd. Year 1990 ISBN 0-86318-386-7 Description Excellent range of photographs, some cultivation details but very little information on plant uses. , 219 Title Gardening on Walls Publication Author Grey-Wilson. C. & Matthews. V. Publisher Collins Year 1983 ISBN 0-00-219220-0 Description A nice little book about plants for growing against walls and a small section on plants that can grow in walls. ]. Known only in cultivation, this species was derived from Trichosanthes cucumerina. It is cultivated, particularly in tropical Asia, but also in many other areas of the tropics for its edible fruit and leaves, plus its local medicinal applications[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. , 300 Title Vegetables in the Tropics Publication Author Tindall. H. D. Publisher MacMillan, Oxford. Year 1983 ISBN 0-333-24268-8 Description An excellent, in-depth look at the main vegetable crops that can be grown in the Tropics, plus many less well-known plants. ]. The plants are also grown in gardens as a dual purpose vegetable and ornamental for the white, fringed flowers, fragrant at night, and the decorative fruits[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].