- Trichosanthes kirilowii
Taxobox
name = "Trichosanthes kirilowii"
image_width = 250px
regnum =Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Cucurbitales
familia =Cucurbitaceae
genus = "Trichosanthes "
species = "T. kirilowii"
binomial = "Trichosanthes kirilowii"
binomial_authority =Maxim. cite web|url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?40112 |title=Trichosanthes kirilowii information from NPGS/GRIN |accessdate=2008-02-13 ]"
Trichosanthes kirilowii" is aflowering plant in the familyCucurbitaceae . It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used intraditional Chinese medicine , where it has the name "guālóu" ().The plant is a source of the chemical compound
trichosanthin .ee also
*Chinese herbology 50 fundamental herbs
*Trichosanthes References
External links
* [http://sun.ars-grin.gov:8080/npgspub/xsql/duke/plantdisp.xsql?taxon=1021 "Trichosanthes kirilowii" List of Chemicals (Dr. Duke's Databases)]
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