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Cucumis metuliferus
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annual vine in the cucumber and melon family
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*Cucumis metuliferus* is a species of plant in the family Cucurbitaceae. It belongs to the genus *Cucumis* and is classified within the order Cucurbitales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The species is also referred to by common names such as African horned cucumber, kivakurkku, and bitter wild cucumber.
The native range of *C. metuliferus* includes Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, and Guinea. It has been introduced to Alabama, Florida, Queensland, and Venezuela. Records of the species are held by institutions in the United States, Malawi, Equatorial Guinea, Venezuela, and Namibia.
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Vinony's link graph records 51 inbound references to Cucumis metuliferus, and connects out to Wax gourd, National Center for Biotechnology Information and American Society for Horticultural Science.
It is catalogued under topics including Cucumis, Desert fruits and Fruits originating in Africa.
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Species
Cucumis metuliferus
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCucurbitales
- FamilyCucurbitaceae
Common Name: Bitter wild cucumber
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 164
- With media
- 134
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Collections
- US, SD, IND, NY, SDSU, ANHC
- Recorded in
- United States, Malawi, Equatorial Guinea, Venezuela, Namibia, Liberia, Cameroon, Benin
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Cucumis metuliferus
- Commons category
- Cucumis metuliferus
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- Cucumis metuliferus
- taxon common name
- 火参果
- short name
- C. metuliferus
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/c87068b8-7db7-49bf-b33e-eb51ffbe6345
- taxon range
- Angola
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Encyclopedic overview
Other constituentsQuantity Water88.97 g
Link to USDA Database entry
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cucumis metuliferus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.