Taxon:
Cucumis maderaspatanus L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1012. 1753
Verified:
06/26/2007
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- De Wilde, W. J. J. O. & B. E. E. Duyfjes. 2006. Mukia Arn. (Cucurbitaceae) in Asia, in particular in Thailand. Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 34:38-52. URL: http://web3.dnp.go.th/botany/TFBMain.aspx Note: as Mukia maderaspatana
- Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 Note: online edition
- Jarvis, C. et al. Linnaean plant name typification project (on-line resource). URL: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/botany/linnaean/databasehome.html Note: type from India
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
- Renner, S. S. & A. K. Pandey. 2013. The Cucurbitaceae of India: accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences. PhytoKeys 20:66. URL: http://www.pensoft.net/journals/phytokeys
- Schaefer, H. 2007. Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) must include Cucumella, Dicoelospermum, Mukia, Myrmecosicyos, and Oreosyce: a recircumscription based on nuclear and plastid DNA data. Blumea 52:167. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea
- Sebastian, P. et al. 2010. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and melon (C. melo) have numerous wild relatives in Asia and Australia, and the sister species of melon is from Australia. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 107:14269-14273.
- Telford, I. R. H. et al. 2011. Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae) in Australia and eastern Malesia, including newsly recognized species and the sister species to C. melo. Syst. Bot. 36:376-389. Note: it recognized Cucumis althaeoides, C. argenteus, and C. costatus previously considered "Mukia maderaspatana" auct., and mentioning C. maderaspatanus as a n Indian species
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2 Note: as Mukia maderaspatana
Common names
Swedish
sträv mukreva –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | incl. Zanzibar |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Chad | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Transvaal | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Benin | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Burkina Faso | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Gambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mali | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Niger | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Togo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Central African Republic | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Congo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Mauritius | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Cambodia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Western Australia | |
5 | Uncertain | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | |
5 | Uncertain | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
5 | Uncertain | Australasia | Australia | Australia | South Australia | |
Native
Africa
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania (incl. Zanzibar), Uganda
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Central African Republic, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte D'Ivoire, Guinea, Gambia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar, Mauritius
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Guangdong Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
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PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
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INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Western Australia]
Uncertain
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland, South Australia, Northern Territory]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Weed | | as Mukia maderaspatana | Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds Note: = Melothria maderaspatana (L.) Cogn. |
Weed | | of unknown importance in Ghana & Australia, as Mukia maderaspatana | Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia |