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Cucumis aculeatus

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Internal ID UUID6440145e10dd8465734197
Scientific name Cucumis aculeatus
Authority Cogn.
First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 269 (1895)

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000628789
Tropicos 9200018
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:292122-1
The Plant List kew-2746876
Open Tree Of Life 934207
NCBI Taxonomy 442819
IPNI 292122-1
iNaturalist 628940
GBIF 3622709
USDA GRIN 404394

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Scientific Literature Top

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Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Traditional medicine trade and uses in the surveyed medicine markets of Western Kenya Chebii WK, Muthee JK, Kiemo JK Afr Health Sci 01-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC10117521
doi:10.4314/ahs.v22i4.76
PMID:37092072
Traditional food plants of the upper Aswa River catchment of northern Uganda—a cultural crossroads Masters ET J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 06-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8022409
doi:10.1186/s13002-021-00441-4
PMID:33823912
Antimalarial Plants Used across Kenyan Communities Omara T Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 12-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7306085
doi:10.1155/2020/4538602
PMID:32617107
Medicinal plants used for management of malaria among the Luhya community of Kakamega East sub-County, Kenya Mukungu N, Abuga K, Okalebo F, Ingwela R, Mwangi J J Ethnopharmacol 24-Dec-2016
PMCID:PMC5176009
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2016.08.050
PMID:27586821
A survey of plants and plant products traditionally used in livestock health management in Buuri district, Meru County, Kenya Gakuubi MM, Wanzala W J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 08-Oct-2012
PMCID:PMC3539861
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-8-39
PMID:23044218
An ethnobotanical survey of plants used to manage HIV/AIDS opportunistic infections in Katima Mulilo, Caprivi region, Namibia Chinsembu KC, Hedimbi M J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 11-Sep-2010
PMCID:PMC2944155
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-6-25
PMID:20831821
Brine Shrimp Toxicity Evaluation of Some Tanzanian Plants Used Traditionally for the Treatment of Fungal Infections Moshi MJ, van den Beukel CJ, Hamza OJ, Mbwambo ZH, Nondo RO, Masimba PJ, Matee MI, Kapingu MC, Mikx F, Verweij PE, van der Ven AJ Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med 13-Nov-2006
PMCID:PMC2816448
doi:10.4314/ajtcam.v4i2.31211
PMID:20162095
Diversity and utilization of antimalarial ethnophytotherapeutic remedies among the Kikuyus (Central Kenya) Njoroge GN, Bussmann RW J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 01-Feb-2006
PMCID:PMC1397805
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-2-8
PMID:16451716

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