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NATURE & GASTRONOMY

 

 

 

  snake cucumber

 

Myanmar

A basket with snake cucumbers, i.e. the immature fruits of a vine with the botanical name Coccinia grandis.

 

These small, bulbous gourds are green and hard, yet turn soft and red in colour as they ripen. Hence, they are nicknamed scarlet gourds (fig).

LIST OF THAI BOTANICAL NAMES

  snake cucumber