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Cucumis hirsutus

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID6440145f54a87026259961
Scientific name Cucumis hirsutus
Authority Sond.
First published in Fl. Cap. 2: 497 (1862)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Cucumis gossweileri C.Norman J. Bot. 67(Suppl. 1): 195 (1929)
Cucumis homblei De Wild. Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 110 (1916)
Cucumis seretii De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. , sér. 5, 3: 143 (1909)
Cucumis seretioides Suess. Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 43: 61 (1951)
Cucumis sonderi Cogn. Monogr. Phan. 3: 489 (1881)
Cucumis welwitschii Cogn. Monogr. Phan. 3: 490 (1881)
Cucumis wildemanianus Cogn. Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 111 (1916)
Cucumis hirsutus var. dissectus Cogn. Bull. Herb. Boissier 3: 418 1895
Cucumis hirsutus var. major Cogn. Monogr. Phan. 3: 490 1881
Cucumis hirsutus var. ovatus Cogn. Pflanzenr. IV, 88: 134 1924
Cucumis hirsutus var. welwitschii (Cogn.) R.Fern. & A.Fern. Mem. Junta Invest. Ultramar, 2 Ser. 34: 86 1962

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Congo
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000628883
Tropicos 9200437
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:292208-1
The Plant List kew-2746964
Open Tree Of Life 185955
NCBI Taxonomy 386155
IPNI 292208-1
iNaturalist 583101
GBIF 3625742
EPPO CUMHI
USDA GRIN 12559

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_049181135.1 ASM4918113v1 Scaffold Iridian Genomes 2025-03-30 60 287.81 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

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Water availability, bedrock, disturbance by herbivores, and climate determine plant diversity in South-African savanna Hejda M, Čuda J, Pyšková K, Zambatis G, Foxcroft LC, MacFadyen S, Storch D, Tropek R, Pyšek P Sci Rep 10-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8748544
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-02870-3
PMID:35013353
Nutrition knowledge and care practices of home-based caregivers in Vhembe District, South Africa Masia TA, Mushaphi LF, Mabapa NS, Mbhenyane XG Afr Health Sci 01-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7609106
doi:10.4314/ahs.v20i2.46
PMID:33163059
Are plants used in the Eastern Cape province for cosmetics fully commercialized? Sagbo IJ, Mbeng WO Indian J Pharmacol 01-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6644182
doi:10.4103/ijp.IJP_262_18
PMID:31391681
Ethnobotanical knowledge of the lay people of Blouberg area (Pedi tribe), Limpopo Province, South Africa Mongalo NI, Makhafola TJ J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 13-Jul-2018
PMCID:PMC6044033
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0245-4
PMID:30001728
A dated phylogeny and collection records reveal repeated biome shifts in the African genus Coccinia (Cucurbitaceae) Holstein N, Renner SS BMC Evol Biol 26-Jan-2011
PMCID:PMC3041684
doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-28
PMID:21269492
Plants of Zimbabwe Used as Anti-Fertility Agents Sewani-Rusike CR Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med 03-Apr-2010
PMCID:PMC3025620
doi:10.4314/ajtcam.v7i3.54785
PMID:21461153
Phylogenetics of Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae): Cucumber (C. sativus) belongs in an Asian/Australian clade far from melon (C. melo) Renner SS, Schaefer H, Kocyan A BMC Evol Biol 10-Apr-2007
PMCID:PMC3225884
doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-58
PMID:17425784

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