Taxon:
Acanthosicyos horridus Welw. ex Benth. & Hook. f.
Summary
Place of publication:
Gen. pl. 1:824. 1867
Verified:
02/07/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
- Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Acanthosicyos+horridus&quantity=1
- Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 URL: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
- Meeuse, A. D. J. 1962. The Cucurbitaceae of southern Africa. Bothalia 8:53.
- Merxmüller, H., ed. 1966-1972. Prodromus einer flora von Sudwestafrika.
- Personal Care Products Council. INCI URL: http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
- Sandelowsky, B. H. 1990. Acanthosicyos horridus, a multipurpose plant of the Namib Desert in southwestern Africa. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 349-355.
- 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
- PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
butterpips – Africa (Namibia)
naras –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | s. |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Africa
-
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola (s.)
-
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Namibia
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Human food | fruit | | Sandelowsky, B. H. 1990. Acanthosicyos horridus, a multipurpose plant of the Namib Desert in southwestern Africa. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 349-355. |
Human food | seeds | | Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 URL: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397# |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |