Plant Details

Accepted name:: Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim. [Cucurbitaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chaogualouzi	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
chinese cucumber	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chinese snake gourd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
chinese-cucumber	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
dì lóu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fructus trichosanthis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
gua lou	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
gua lou gen	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
gua lou pi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
gua lou ren	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
gua lou zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
gualou	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
gualoupi	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
gualouzi	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
guā lóu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
haneultari	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. in S. Mountainous Region of Korea (Kim & Song, 2011) Survey of Med. Pl., Jeju Island, Korea (Song et al., 2013)
karasu wi no ne	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
karo	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
kekarasu-im	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
kikarasu-im-no-ne	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
kinesisk ormgurka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
kua lou	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
kua lou jin	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
kwa low yu	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
mongolian snakegourd	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
mongolian snakegourd root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
noranghaneultari	Other	Survey of Med. Pl., Jeju Island, Korea (Song et al., 2013)
pericarpium trichosanthis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
radix trichosanthis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
semen trichosanthis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
semen trichosanthis tostum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
snakegourd fruit	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
snakegourd peel	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
snakegourd root	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
snakegourd seed	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
stir-baking snakegourd seed	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
t'ien kua	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
ten kwa fun starch	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tian hua fen	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
tianhuafen	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
tianhuafeng	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
titta-hondalo	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
trichosanthes	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
trichosanthes kirilowii whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
trichosanthes root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
trichosanthes seed	Other	Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
trichosanthis fructus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
trichosanthis pericarpium	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
trichosanthis radix	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
trichosanthis semen	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
trichosanthis semen tostum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
yào guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
カロコン	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
地楼	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
天花粉	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
栝楼	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
栝楼子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
栝楼皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
栝樓	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
栝樓仁	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
栝樓根	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
瓜楼	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
瓜蒌	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
瓜蒌子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
瓜蒌皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
瓜蔞子	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
药瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
金丝莲	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	processing product obtained from the seed	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
root	dried root	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Root		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Seed		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
root	dried root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
fruit		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fruit, seed, tuberous root		Survey of Med. Pl., Jeju Island, Korea (Song et al., 2013)
seed, root	dried ripe seed, dried root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
seed, root	dried ripe seed, dried root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
fruit, root, whole part		Med. Pl. in S. Mountainous Region of Korea (Kim & Song, 2011)
root		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
root, fruit, fruit rind, seed		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
root	root, cortical layer removed	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
root		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
root		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
seed		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
root		Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Trichosanthes japonica (Miq.) Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1868: 90 (1869).
Trichosanthes kirilowii var. japonica (Miq.) Kitam. J. Jap. Bot. 19: 29 (1943).
Trichosanthes obtusiloba C.Y.Wu ex C.Y.Cheng & Yueh Acta Phytotax. Sin. 12: 431 (1974).
Trichosanthes palmata Hance J. Bot. 16: 227 (1878), nom. illeg.
Anguina japonica (Miq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 254 (1891).
Anguina kirilowii (Maxim.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 254 (1891).
Eopepon aurantiacus Naudin Nursery Cat. (Charles Huber Bros. and Co.) 1870(Suppl.): 6 (1870).
Eopepon vitifolius Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 5: 32 (1866).
Gymnopetalum japonicum Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 82 (1865).
Trichosanthes quadricirrha Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 82 (1865).
Trichosanthes vitifolia (Naudin) N.E.Br. Suppl. Johnson's Gard. Dict.: 1017 (1882).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Trichosanthes japonica	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Trichosanthes japonica Regel	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Trichosanthes kiarlowii Ma-xim.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Trichosanthes kirilowii	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Trichosanthes kirilowii L.	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
Trichosanthes kirilowii Ma-xim.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim	Checklist of Korean Cult. Pl. (Mun-Chan et al., 1986)
Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in S. Mountainous Region of Korea (Kim & Song, 2011) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Survey of Med. Pl., Jeju Island, Korea (Song et al., 2013) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Trichosanthes kirilowii Maximowicz	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Trichosanthes kirilowii Maximowicz var. japonica Kitamura	Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Trichosanthes kirilowii Maximowicz var. japonicum Kitamura	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
Trichosanthes kirilowii var. japonica Kitam.	Survey of Med. Pl., Jeju Island, Korea (Song et al., 2013)
Trichosanthes obtusiloba C. Y. Wu	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Trichosanthes palmata	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Trlchosanthes kirilowii Maxim.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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