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Cucumis ficifolius

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID6440145ed2941387435281
Scientific name Cucumis ficifolius
Authority A.Rich.
First published in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 294 (1848)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Cucumis abyssinicus A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 294 (1848)
Cucumis figarei Delile Cat. ex Naud. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. Ser. IV, xi. (1859) 16.
Cucumis figarei var. cyrtopodus Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. IV, 11: 17 1859
Cucumis figarei var. microphyllus Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. IV, 11: 17 1859

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Djibouti
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Ivory Coast
      • Mauritania
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000628863
USDA Plants CUFI
Tropicos 9200841
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:292191-1
The Plant List kew-2746945
Open Tree Of Life 323789
NCBI Taxonomy 131071
IPNI 292191-1
iNaturalist 54918
GBIF 2874572
USDA GRIN 12554
Wikipedia Cucumis_ficifolius

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Medicinal ethnoveterinary plants used for treating livestock ailments in the omo-gibe and rift valley basins of Ethiopia Wendimu A, Bojago E, Abrham Y BMC Vet Res 30-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11059770
doi:10.1186/s12917-024-04019-6
PMID:38689300
Traditional lore on the healing effects of therapeutic plants used by the local communities around Simien Mountains National Park, northwestern Ethiopia Seraw E, Melkamu Y, Masresha G J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 17-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11025143
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00678-9
PMID:38632559
Ethnoveterinary medicinal plants and their utilization by indigenous and local communities of Dugda District, Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia Oda BK, Lulekal E, Warkineh B, Asfaw Z, Debella A J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 09-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10924356
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00665-0
PMID:38461267
Ethnoveterinary medicinal plants and their utilization by the people of Soro District, Hadiya Zone, southern Ethiopia Hankiso M, Asfaw Z, Warkineh B, Abebe A, Sisay B, Debella A J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 22-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10885532
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00651-6
PMID:38389077
Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the local people in Habru District, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia Alemu M, Asfaw Z, Lulekal E, Warkineh B, Debella A, Sisay B, Debebe E J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 04-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10768247
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00644-x
PMID:38178202
Ethnobotanical Study on Medicinal Plants Used by the Local Communities of Ameya District, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia Tadesse T, Teka A Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 01-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10708956
doi:10.1155/2023/5961067
PMID:38074846
Review of Medicinal Plants Traditionally Used to Treat Diarrhea by the People in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia Damtie D Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 25-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10693470
doi:10.1155/2023/8173543
PMID:38044982
An Ethnobotanical Survey of Indigenous Knowledge on Medicinal Plants Used by Communities to Treat Various Diseases around Ensaro District, North Shewa Zone of Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia Teshome M, Kebede F, Yohannes T Scientifica (Cairo) 01-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10632060
doi:10.1155/2023/5575405
PMID:37946795
Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used against Human Diseases in Zuway Dugda District, Ethiopia Megersa M, Nedi T, Belachew S Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 18-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10599937
doi:10.1155/2023/5545294
PMID:37886427
Floristic composition and plant community distribution along environmental gradients in Guard dry Afromontane forest of Northwestern Ethiopia Dagne Y, Birhanu L BMC Ecol Evol 28-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10463663
doi:10.1186/s12862-023-02154-6
PMID:37635212
A multicenter study on practices and related factors of traditional medicinal plant use during pregnancy among women receiving antenatal care in East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia Wondemagegn AT, Seyoum G Front Public Health 17-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10149730
doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1035915
PMID:37139367
An ethnomedicinal study in tulo district, west hararghe zone, oromia region, Ethiopia Bogale M, Sasikumar JM, Egigu MC Heliyon 07-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10106503
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15361
PMID:37077674
Medicinal Plants Used for the Management of Hepatitis Over the Past 15 Years in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review Aschale Y, Tegegne BA, Yihunie W Hepat Med 09-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10010132
doi:10.2147/HMER.S402975
PMID:36923368
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
Effects of prosopis juliflora on plant diversity on rangeland in Shilabo District, Somali Regional State, Ethiopia Bezaredie D, Tadesse Z, Tadesse Z Heliyon 26-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC10011196
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14049
PMID:36925521

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