Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Silky cucumber being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Trichosanthes pilosa
- Trichosanthes laceribractea
- Trichosanthes kirilowii
- Momordica cochinchinensis
- Coccinia mackenii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Cucurbitales
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Trichosanthes
- Species
- Trichosanthes subvelutina
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