Chives

Snake Gourd

About Chives and Snake Gourd

Chives

Snake Gourd

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Perennial

Annual

1.2 Type

Herbs

Vegetable

1.3 Origin

World/Pandemic, North America, Europe, Asia

India, Philippines, Southeast Asia

1.4 Types

Common chives, Garlic chives, Siberian garlic chives, Giant Siberian chives

Not Available

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

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500

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1.5 Habitat

Rocky areas

Loamy soils, Moist Soils, Subtropical climates

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

4-9

5-7

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

9-1

12-1

1.8 Sunset Zone

A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

1.9 Habit

Clump-Forming

Vining/Climbing

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

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203.00 cm

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60.00 cm

Rank: 100 (Overall)▶

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350 (About Privet)

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2.1.2 Minimum Width

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15.20 cm

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90.00 cm

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243.84 (About Acerola)

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2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

White, Pink, Lavender

Yellow, Orange, Dark Green

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Not Available

Bicolor

2.2.3 Fruit Color

Black

Yellow, Dark Green

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Green, Light Green

Green, Dark Green

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Green

Green, Dark Green

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Green, Yellow green

Green, Dark Green

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Not Available

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Grass like

Palmate

2.4 Thorns

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3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Spring, Summer, Fall

Summer, Fall

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun, Partial Sun

Full Sun

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Medium

Very Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Loam, Sand

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Neutral

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Late Spring, Early Summer

Indeterminate

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

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3.3 Tolerances

Not Available

Drought

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Ground, Pot

Ground

4.2 How to Plant?

Seedlings, Transplanting

Seedlings

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Requires regular watering, Water every two or three days during warmer months, Water when soil is dry

Keep ground moist, Requires regular watering

4.4.2 In Summer

Lots of watering

4.4.3 In Spring

Moderate

4.4.4 In Winter

Average Water

4.5 Soil

4.5.1 Soil pH

Neutral

4.5.2 Soil Type

Loam, Sand

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

4.6 Sun Exposure

Full Sun, Partial Sun

Full Sun

4.7 Pruning

Prune in spring, Prune in summer, Prune to stimulate growth, Remove deadheads

Cut out old flower stalks, Remove dead or diseased plant parts

4.8 Fertilizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

Nitrogen, N-P-K balanced liquid fertilizer, Potassium

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Bacterial leaf spot, Damping-off, Downy mildew, head rot, Pink Root, Rust, Thripes

Army-worms, Bacterial leaf spot, Blight, Cucumber beetles, Cucumber mosaic, Cutworms, Fusarium leaf spot, Red spider mite

4.10 Plant Tolerance

Drought

Full Sun, Salt and Soil Compaction

5 Facts

5.1 Flowers

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Showy

5.1.1 Flower Petal Number

Single

5.2 Fruits

5.2.1 Showy Fruit

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5.2.2 Edible Fruit

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5.3 Fragrance

5.3.1 Fragrant Flower

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5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit

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5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf

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5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem

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5.4 Showy Foliage

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5.5 Showy Bark

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5.6 Foliage Texture

Fine

Coarse

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Matte

5.8 Evergreen

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5.9 Invasive

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5.10 Self-Sowing

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5.11 Attracts

Not Available

Bees, Flies, Flying insects

5.12 Allergy

Asthma, Diarrhea, Itchiness, Pain and fatigue, Skin rash

Hypoglycaemic Coma, Irregular Heart Rhythm, Miscarriage

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Not Available

Glowing Skin, Moisturizing, Nourishes scalp

6.1.3 Edible Uses

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6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Air purification

Food for animals

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Antioxidants, Bone strength, Improve heart health, Nutrients

Diabetes, Gastrointestinal disorders, Jaundice, Laxative, Leprosy, Weight loss

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Leaves, Seeds

Fruits, Leaves

6.2.3 Other Uses

Employed in herbal medicine, Used As Food

Cosmetics, Culinary use, Repellent

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

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6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

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6.5 Garden Design

Alpine, Cutflower, Edible, Herb / Vegetable, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall

Dried Flower/Everlasting, Vine

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

ALLIUM schoenoprasum

Trichosanthes cucumerina

7.2 Common Name

Chives, Cultivated Chives, Garden Chives

snake gourd, serpent gourd, chichinda, padwal

7.2.1 In Hindi

Chives

चिचिण्डा

7.2.2 In German

Schnittlauch

Schlangenhaargurke

7.2.3 In French

Ciboulette

Trichosanthes cucumerina

7.2.4 In Spanish

Cebollino

snake gourd

7.2.5 In Greek

βολβοί φαγώσιμοι

φίδι κολοκύθα

7.2.6 In Portuguese

Cebolinha

snake gourd

7.2.7 In Polish

Szczypiorek

Gurdlina ogórkowata

7.2.8 In Latin

Sectivi porri

snake gourd

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Spermatophyta

Magnoliophyta

8.3 Class

Liliopsida

Magnoliopsida

8.4 Order

Asparagales

Cucurbitales

8.5 Family

Liliaceae

Cucurbitaceae

8.6 Genus

Allium

Coccinia

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Monocots

Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids

8.8 Tribe

Not Available

8.9 Subfamily

Allioideae

Papilionoideae

8.10 Number of Species

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Properties of Chives and Snake Gourd

Wondering what are the properties of Chives and Snake Gourd? We provide you with everything About Chives and Snake Gourd. Chives doesn't have thorns and Snake Gourd doesn't have thorns. Also Chives does not have fragrant flowers. Chives has allergic reactions like Asthma, Diarrhea, Itchiness, Pain and fatigue and Skin rash and Snake Gourd has allergic reactions like Asthma, Diarrhea, Itchiness, Pain and fatigue and Skin rash. Compare all the properties and characteristics of these two plants. Find out which of these plant can be used as indoor plant. If you are interested to decorate your house and garden, find out aesthetic uses, compare them and select the plant which will beautify your surrounding. Along with beautification, try comparing medicinal and edible uses of Chives and Snake Gourd and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

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Season and Care of Chives and Snake Gourd

Season and care of Chives and Snake Gourd is important to know. While considering everything about Chives and Snake Gourd Care, growing season is an essential factor. Chives season is Spring, Summer and Fall and Snake Gourd season is Spring, Summer and Fall. The type of soil for Chives is Loam, Sand and for Snake Gourd is Loam, Sand while the PH of soil for Chives is Neutral and for Snake Gourd is Neutral.

Chives and Snake Gourd Physical Information

Chives and Snake Gourd physical information is very important for comparison. Chives height is 203.00 cm and width 15.20 cm whereas Snake Gourd height is 60.00 cm and width 90.00 cm. The color specification of Chives and Snake Gourd are as follows:

Chives flower color: White, Pink and Lavender
Chives leaf color: Green and Light Green
Snake Gourd flower color: Yellow, Orange and Dark Green
Snake Gourd leaf color: Green, Dark Green

Care of Chives and Snake Gourd

Care of Chives and Snake Gourd include pruning, fertilizers, watering etc. Chives pruning is done Prune in spring, Prune in summer, Prune to stimulate growth and Remove deadheads and Snake Gourd pruning is done Cut out old flower stalks and Remove dead or diseased plant parts. In summer Chives needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water. Whereas, in summer Snake Gourd needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water.