Plant Details

Accepted name:: Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim. [Cucurbitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chaogualouzi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
chinese cucumber	Other	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)
chinese-cucumber	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dì lóu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fructus trichosanthis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
gua lou	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
gua lou gen	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
gua lou pi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
gua lou ren	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
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) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
gualoupi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
gualouzi	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia 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)
kinesisk ormgurka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mongolian snakegourd	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
mongolian snakegourd root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
pericarpium trichosanthis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
radix trichosanthis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
semen trichosanthis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
semen trichosanthis tostum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
snakegourd fruit	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
snakegourd peel	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
snakegourd root	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
snakegourd seed	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
stir-baking snakegourd seed	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
tian hua fen	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
tianhuafen	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
tianhuafeng	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
trichosanthes	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
trichosanthes root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
trichosanthes seed	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
trichosanthis fructus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
trichosanthis pericarpium	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
trichosanthis radix	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
trichosanthis semen	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
trichosanthis semen tostum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
yào guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
カロコン	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (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) 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)
栝樓仁	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
栝樓根	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
瓜楼	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
瓜蒌	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants 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	Pharmacopoeia 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)
root		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
root, fruit, fruit rind, seed		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
root	root, cortical layer removed	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
root		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
root		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
seed		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
root		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 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).
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 palmata Hance J. Bot. 16: 227 (1878), nom. illeg.
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 Regel	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Trichosanthes kiarlowii Ma-xim.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Trichosanthes kirilowii	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 Ma-xim.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986)
Trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) 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 Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Trichosanthes kirilowii Maximowicz var. japonica Kitamura	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Trichosanthes kirilowii Maximowicz var. japonicum Kitamura	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
Trichosanthes obtusiloba C. Y. Wu	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Trlchosanthes kirilowii Maxim.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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