(First upload on December 31 2015. Last on July 3 2019) [ 日本語 | English ]
Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Cucurbitaceae (ウリ科) > Trichosanthes cucumeroides
Trichosanthes L. (カラスウリ)Karasu-uri (カラスウリ, 烏瓜), Japanese snake gourdLifeform: perennial vine Distribution: China - Japan (south to Honshu) Habitat: forest edges, hedges, etc. Seed dispersal: bird (animal) Shoot: dioecious |
Flower: filamentous petals flowering from dusk till dawn
insects attracted by the petals in night Chromosome number: 2n = 44Synonyms:
Trichosanthes pilosa Lour. |
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[1-4] in Hama-rikyu Gardens, Tokyo, on November 13 2015. [5/6] at the bottom of a bank along Sophia Street, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on May 24 2019.