This
is Linda Lee's (University
of South Carolina Herbarium)
photo of a Melothria pendula, which should be the same.
The caudex by
Bernard Gacongne.
The female flower by
Bernard Gacongne.
The male flower by
Bernard Gacongne.
The leaf by
Bernard Gacongne.
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| Author: |
Charles Victor Naudin, 1866 |
| Family: |
CUCURBITACEAE |
| Origin: |
Colombia,
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama,
Venezuela |
| Soil: |
Rich |
| Water:
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Medium
- Maximum |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
7
Centimetres |
| Height: |
3
Meters |
| Flower:
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Yellow |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
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Mexican
Sour Cukes, Cuca-melon, Mexikanische Ziergurke, Mexican Sour
Cucumbers (Guadeloupe Cucumber, Creeping ucumber) |
| Synonyms: |
Melothria pendula, L.1753*.
Apodanthera
pringlei, S. Watson, 1890.
Melothria costensis, C. Jeffrey,
1978.
Melothria donnell-smithii, Cogn. ex Donn. Sm.
1891.
Melothria pringlei, Mart. Crov. 1954.
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This member of the
Cucurbitaceae family was given this name by Charles Victor Naudin in 1866.
It is found in Colombia,
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and
Venezuela. It preferring a
well drained rich soil with some to much water and some sun. The
vines will reach for three meters. The small flowers are yellow, and
the small fruits can be eaten. It can only be reproduced by seeds,
and maybe by root cuttings.
The genus name is from
Ancient Greek μηλοθρων; mēlothrōn; 'kind of white grape' in
reference to small grapevine fruits born by the genus. The specific
name means 'rough' or 'scabby'.
*Synonyms of Melothria pendula: Bryonia guadalupensis
Spreng. 1826. Melothria donnell-smithii Cogn. ex Donn. Sm. 1891.
Melothria fluminensis Gardner 1842. Melothria
guadalupensis (Spreng.) Cogn. 1881.
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