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Taxon:
Cucumis metuliferus
E. Mey. ex Naudin
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Metuliferi
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
12574
Place of publication:
Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 11:10. 1859
Comment:
there is some question as to whether the spelling should be corrected to "
metulifer
" to reflect the classical Latin termination (
Shenzhen ICN
32.2) for the masculine form of this adjectival epithet (see also W. T. Stearn, Botanical Latin ed. 4:91. 1992), but lacking explicit guidance in the Code for this case we retain the original spelling
Verified:
02/06/2007
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
Borlaug, N. et al., eds.
2008. Fruits: Horned melon. Lost crops of Africa. 3:89-101.
Chen, J.-F. & X.-H. Zhou.
2011.
Cucumis
. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, vegetables 6:67-90.
Note:
this report cites
Cucumis metuliferus
as 2n=24 that failed in attempts of crossing with either
C. melo
or
C. sativus
Deakin, J. R. et al.
1971. Interspecific hybridization in
Cucumis
. Econ. Bot. 25:195-211.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Exell, A. W. et al., eds.
1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
URL:
http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
George, A. S., ed.
1980-. Flora of Australia.
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds.
2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
Ghebretinsae, A. G. et al.
2007. Relationships of cucumbers and melons unraveled: molecular phylogenetics of
Cucumis
and related genera (Benincaseae, Cucurbitaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 94:1256-1266.
URL:
http://www.amjbot.org
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards.
1989-. Flora of Ethiopia
Note:
Eritrea added in 2000
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Kellerman, T. S. et al.
1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa
Kirkbride, J. H., Jr.
1993. Biosystematic monograph of the genus
Cucumis
(Cucurbitaceae)
Note:
Parkway Publ., North Carolina
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Navrátilová, B. et al.
2011. Biotechnological methods utilized in
Cucumis
research - A review. Hort. Sci. 38:150-158.
Note:
this review showed some successful embryo rescue attempts of crosses of
Cucumis sativus
×
C. metuliferus
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
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Renner, S. S. et al.
2007. Phylogenetics of
Cucumis
(Cucurbitaceae): Cucumber (
C. sativus
) belongs in an Asian/Australian clade far from melon (
C. melo
. B. M. C. Evol. Biol. 7:58.
DOI:
10.1186/1471-2148-7-58
.
URL:
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcevolbiol/
Schaefer, H.
2007.
Cucumis
(Cucurbitaceae) must include
Cucumella
,
Dicoelospermum
,
Mukia
,
Myrmecosicyos
, and
Oreosyce
: a recircumscription based on nuclear and plastid DNA data. Blumea 52:170.
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.
Thulin, M., ed.
1993-. Flora of Somalia.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Walters, S. A. & C. W. Todd.
2002. Incompatibility in diploid and tetraploid crosses of
Cucumis sativus
and
Cucumis metuliferus
. Euphytica 128:371-374.
Note:
Netherlands journal of plant breeding
Whitake, T. W.
1990. Cucurbits of potential economic importance. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 321.
Wood, J. R. I.
1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen.
Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
African horned cucumber –
Reference(s)
African horned melon –
Reference(s)
horny cucumber –
Reference(s)
jelly melon –
Reference(s)
kiwano –
Reference(s)
French
concombre africain –
Reference(s)
German
Hommelone –
Reference(s)
Horn-Gurke –
Reference(s)
Kiwano –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
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
Botswana
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Eswatini
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Namibia
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
KwaZulu-Natal
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Limpopo
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Mpumalanga
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Burkina Faso
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Liberia
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Senegal
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
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Yemen
2
Cultivated
Africa
Africa
4
Naturalized
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Queensland
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Florida
Native
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia
,
Sudan
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Central African Republic
,
Cameroon
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burkina Faso
,
Liberia
,
Senegal
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
,
Mozambique
,
Malawi
,
Zambia
,
Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana
,
Namibia
,
Eswatini
,
South Africa
[KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga]
Asia-Temperate
ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Yemen
Cultivated
Africa
REGION:
Africa
Naturalized
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
[Queensland]
Northern America
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Florida]
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
fruit
used like cucumbers
Whitake, T. W.
1990. Cucurbits of potential economic importance. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 321.
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
Kellerman, T. S. et al.
1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa
Name
References