Feedipedia
Animal feed resources information system
Feedipedia
Feedipedia

Sponsored by

Adisseo

Automatic translation

Did you find the information you were looking for? Is it valuable to you? Feedipedia is encountering funding shortage. We need your help to keep providing reference-based feeding recommendations for your animals.
Would you consider donating? If yes, please click on the button Donate.
Any amount is the welcome. Even one cent is helpful to us!

Snake gourd (Trichosanthes cucumerina var. anguina)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This datasheet is pending revision and updating; its contents are currently derived from FAO's Animal Feed Resources Information System (1991-2002) and from Bo Göhl's Tropical Feeds (1976-1982).

Datasheet

Description
Click on the "Nutritional aspects" tab for recommendations for ruminants, pigs, poultry, rabbits, horses, fish and crustaceans
Common names 
Snake gourd
Species 

Trichosanthes cucumerina var. anguina (L.) Haines [Cucurbitaceae]

Synonyms 
Trichosanthes anguina L.
Feed categories 
Related feed(s) 
Description 
Annual climber cultivated for edible slender fruit, 30-200 cm long, often curled.
Nutritional tables
Tables of chemical composition and nutritional value 
References
References 
Madaan, T. R. ; Lal, B. M., 1984. Some studies on the chemical composition of cucurbit kernels and their seedcoats. Plant Foods Hum. Nutr., 34 (2): 81-86 web icon
1 references found
Datasheet citation 

DATASHEET UNDER CONSTRUCTION. DO NOT QUOTE. https://feedipedia.org/node/658 Last updated on March 16, 2010, 17:13

Image credits