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Snake Gourd Flower

Trichosanthes cucumerina

Habitat:

Found it growing wild on a farm near a town called Avalahalli in Karanataka, India

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13 Comments

Thanks everyone!

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 7 years ago

Congratulations Mohammed.

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 7 years ago

It would seem people are in need of beauty! This flower is currently breaking our recent popularity records on our official page with over 1.8K reactions. Here's a good paper for those interested in finding out more about these petals: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article...

armadeus.4
armadeus.4 7 years ago

Congratulations Mohammed!!!

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 7 years ago

Congratulations Mohammed - your little white flower certainly deserves an SOTD. The flowers of most vegetables/fruits go unnoticed because there is so much focus on edible parts yet, the flowers can be so pretty as this one.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 7 years ago

Congrats! I have eaten snake gourds and never knew the flower was so amazing.

Awesome find Mohammed,just beautiful,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 7 years ago

Congratulations Mohammed, this beautiful Snake Gourd Flower is our Spotting of the Day!

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@Leuba Ridgway, done! And thanks.
@Doreen.chambers.14 Its usually cultivated but I found this growing wild.

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 7 years ago

Mohammed, please complete your spotting with the scientific name Trichosanthes cucumerina. Also state where you found it under "habitat". Thanks.

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 7 years ago

I've only ever seen (and eaten) the gourd. The flower is so pretty. Thanks for sharing this Mohammed.

doreen.chambers.14
doreen.chambers.14 7 years ago

Wow. Is this wild or cultivated?

EmilieChich
EmilieChich 7 years ago

What a beauty!

Karnataka, India

Spotted on Nov 25, 2016
Submitted on Nov 25, 2016

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