Both species are closely related as per flora of Bhutan and Keys in Flora of Bhutan can be seen at Trichosanthes <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/cl/cucurbitaceae/trichosanthes> I am reproducing details from it as below: 7. *T. wallichiana *(Seringe) Wight; T. multiloba Clarke Leaves suborbicular in outline, *10 - 20 x 10 - 20cm, deeply 3 — 9-lobed, lobes oblong or lanceolate, acuminate, base rounded, margin denticulate or dentate, *coarsely pubescent above, glands clustered between veins on lower surface; petioles 3 — 10cm; tendrils 2 — 3-fid. Male peduncles 15 - 35cm, pubescent, 6 -12—flowered; *bracts broadly ovate, 2.5 - 3cm, base sheathing, toothed above; calyx tube 5 - 5.5cm, 12- 14mm wide at apex, teeth 1- 1.5 x 0.5 - O.6cm; *petals obovate, 3 - 4cm; anthers 12 — 13 x 3mm. Female peduncles 2 - 4cm; ovary oblong. Fruit oblong-ovoid, c 8 x 5cm, reddish; seeds squarish, 15 - 18mm, 7mm thick. Bhutan: C - Punakha and Tashigang districts, N - Upper Mo Chu and Upper Kuru Chu districts; Darjeeling: widespread; Sikkim: Lachen. In mixed rain forest, 240- 2440m. July - August. 8. *T. lepiniana *(Naudin) Cogniaux. Nep: Indrenee Similar to T. wallichiana but *leaves more shallowly 3 — 5-lobed, 13 x 15cm, *punctate above at first, later densely scaly along veins and with a few glands in vein axils beneath; tendrils 2 - 3-fid. Male peduncles 15 - 20cm; *bracts obovate, 4.5 x 3cm, sheathing at base, fimbriate above; calyx tube 5cm, 5 - 7mm wide at apex, teeth lanceolate, 1.5 x 0.5cm;* petals obovate, 2 — 3cm, laciniate; female peduncles 1.5 - 3cm. Fruit scarlet, ovoid, 8 x 6cm; seeds blackish, oblong, 15 x 7 x 2.5mm. Bhutan: S — Deothang district (Morong), C - Tongsa district (Shamgong) and Mongar district (Kori La); Darjeeling: Rishap, Darjeeling, Lebong. In warm mixed forests, 1200- 2l00m. May - August. *Flowers open at night.*
Following this and GBIF specimens and no. of lobes, it may turn out to be *T. wallichiana *(Seringe) Wight. On Tue, 3 Dec 2019 at 16:59, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Pl. also see FOC illustration > <http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=119737&flora_id=2> and GBIF > specimens <https://www.gbif.org/species/3624118> for *T. lepiniana* > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022776> > Also see GBIF specimens <https://www.gbif.org/species/3622756> for *T. > wallichiana* > <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022799> > > On Tue, 3 Dec 2019 at 16:49, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> While going through Flora of Bhutan, I found that Trichosanthes >> tricuspidata >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/cl/cucurbitaceae/trichosanthes/trichosanthes-tricuspidata> >> is >> not mentioned, while *T. lepiniana* >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022776> and >> *T. wallichiana* >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022799> are >> mentioned. >> Checklist of Nepal >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=200022796>, >> considers *Trichosanthes* *lepiniana* (Naudin) Cogn. >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=200022776> as >> a syn. of *Trichosanthes tricuspidata* Lour. >> Catalogue of Life considers both as different as per *Trichosanthes >> lepiniana *(Naudin) Cogn. >> <http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/a8c309cc67e316a3b86c0e24bb5367db> >> >> I found the following keys in Flora of China >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=133535>: >> 29 (27) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=133535#KEY-1-27> >> Leaves >> leathery (30) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=133535#KEY-1-30> >> + Leaves membranous or papery (31) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=133535#KEY-1-31> >> >> 30 (29) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=133535#KEY-1-29> >> Bracts >> suborbicular, margin lacerate; calyx segments narrowly ovate, margin >> laciniate; leaves suborbicular. 17 *T. lepiniana* >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022776> >> + Bracts obovate-oblong, margin dentate; calyx segments narrowly >> lanceolate, margin dentate; leaves ovate-cordate. 26 *T. tricuspidata* >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022796> >> >> 31 (29) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=133535#KEY-1-29> >> Leaves >> papery. 21 *T. laceribractea* >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022775> >> + Leaves membranous (32) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=133535#KEY-1-32> >> >> 32 (31) >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=133535#KEY-1-31> >> Leaf >> blade suborbicular, deeply palmately 5-7-lobed; bract margin crenulate; >> calyx segments ca. 15 mm, entire. 15 *T. wallichiana* >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022799> >> + Leaf blade orbicular-cordate or broadly ovate-cordate, unlobed or >> irregularly 2- or 3(-5)-lobed; bract margin lobulate with linear- >> lanceolate lobes; calyx segments ca. 10 mm, entire or serrate. 16 *T. >> fissibracteata* >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022769> >> >> In view, your plant may be *T. lepiniana* >> <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200022776>. >> Pl. check. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: Ashutosh Sharma <ashutoshsharma1...@gmail.com> >> Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2018 at 22:23 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:299212] Trichosanthes kirilowii for confirmation >> To: indiantreepix <indiantreepix@googlegroups.com> >> >> >> Respected members, >> Please help to confirm this species of Trichosanthes . >> Trichosanthes kirilowii ? >> >> Photographed in Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh >> Altitude - 1400meters asl >> Dated - 29June2018 >> >> Regards >> Ashutosh Sharma >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >> >> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >> >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >> world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >> Efloraofindia >> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >> database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than >> 2,00,000 images are directly displayed on 30.8.19). >> >> The whole world uses my Image Resource >> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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