The characters and inheritances of L. depressa and L. cylindrica are quite similar except fruit shape and fruit size, so it may say L. depressa is a natural cross variety of L. cylindrica.

• 其中台湾短丝瓜与普通丝瓜，除果实大小，长短略有差别外，其余各性状及后代遗传性状之表现大致相同，推测台湾短丝瓜可能为普通丝瓜之变种或品系间天然杂交种。