Taxon:
Cucumis anguria L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1011. 1753
Verified:
05/07/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
cornichão-das-antilhas – maxixe – maxixe-bravo – maxixe-do-mato – pepino-castanha – pepino-espinhoso – Spanish
pepino cimarrón – Spanish (Guatemala)
sandía de ratón – Swedish
anguriagurka –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
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-Central Tropical Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Macaronesia | Cabo Verde | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Reunion | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | West Indies | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Nuevo León | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosí | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sinaloa | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sonora | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Colima | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guerrero | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Michoacán de Ocampo | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Nayarit | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Querétaro | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Quintana Roo | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Yucatán | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Amazonas | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Maranhão | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Mato Grosso do Sul | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Minas Gerais | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | Rondônia | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Anguilla | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Barbados | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Cayman Islands | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Grenada | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Netherlands Antilles | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Virgin Islands, U.S. | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (British) | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Tanzania
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga]
Cultivated
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Cabo Verde
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Senegal, Sierra Leone
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar, Reunion
Southern America
Naturalized
Africa
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland]
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán de Ocampo, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Anguilla, Netherlands Antilles, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Martinique, United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.], St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British)
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela
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BRAZIL:
Brazil [Amazonas, Maranhão, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Rondônia]
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador, Peru