cucumber trichosanthes kirilowii

[j5farm]

anyone know where to get seeds for this?
supposed to have health/medicinal benefits...

[macmex]

Here's an etsy store with Chinese Cumber Seed.

[heavyhitterokra]

Scott,

Is it the cucumber, "trichosanthes kirilowii," that you are looking for?

What are the health benefits of this type of cucumber, if you don't mind me asking?

I found seeds for them on Amazon just now.  I'll paste that below.

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[boiledpeanut]

Here's anothre listing

strictlymedicinalseeds.com/product/snake-gourd-gourd-snake-trichosanthes-kirilowii-seeds-organic/

word of advice, be cautious buying seeds on Amazon. Not everything on there is a scam but just saying.

[j5farm]

ron - that's it.

not clear on the health benefits...
... it crossed my radar in another context at the 45 min. mark here:

bestnewshere.com/cabal-feeds-humans-to-aliens-must-video/

dude mentioned it in context of auto-immune (AIDS).
(arguably, everthing has immunity - or lack thereof - at epicenter).
also noted they'd had trouble getting it out of china.

hoped if i could find a trusted local source, then:
a.) i'd know i was getting legit seed
b.) i could learn more about it from someone with experience

[heavyhitterokra]

I'll bet if you prod and poke around on this website long enough, you'll eventually come up with someone who is an expert on almost any seed-type subject. You'd be surprised at how many people read the things posted here. I've had posts back on problems posited, from places like Panama, Saudi Arabia, India, Australia, the Marshal Islands, Malaysia, Liberia, West Africa, Malawi, Canada, France ... just about anywhere you can think of in this whole world.

There is a lot of untapped knowledge out there. Someone will eventually read your question and take it as a personal challenge in doing the best they can to answer it. We have a lot of good folks amongst our readers. It's a real gardening community only interested in taking care of, and looking out for one another.

[john]

For Asian specialty seeds I would recommend these guys out in California.
www.kitazawaseed.com/all_seeds.html

I glanced through their listings and it doesn't look like they have the T. kirlowii. However I have heard from people that they will often source seeds from one of their asian suppliers and order on special request for customers if it is something they don't carry.