Cucumis maderaspatanus in Genus Cucumis

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Internal ID	UUID6440145fbf209948069108
Scientific name	Cucumis maderaspatanus
Authority	L.
First published in	Sp. Pl. : 1012 (1753)

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Cucumis maderaspatanus, also known as Mukia maderaspatana, is a plant species belonging to the Cucurbitaceae family. It is found in various regions of the world, including the tropics and subtropics, from west Africa to Australia. This plant has multiple synonyms and is commonly used for medicinal and culinary purposes.

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Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Mukia celebica	(Cogn.) F.M.Bailey	Queensl. Fl. 2: 700 (1900)
Mukia maderaspatana	(L.) M.Roem.	Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 47 (1846)
Mukia rottleri	M.Roem.	Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 47 (1846)
Melothria celebica	Cogn.	Monogr. Phan. 3: 625 (1881)
Melothria maderaspatana	Cogn.	Monogr. Phan. 3: 623 (1881)
Bryonia callosa	Rottler	Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 4: 210. 1803 : use B. collosa
Bryonia cordifolia	L.	Sp. Pl. : 1012 (1753)
Bryonia gracilis	Wall.	Numer. List : n.º 6714 (1832)
Bryonia hispida	Salisb.	Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 158 (1796)
Bryonia maderaspatana	Lam.	Encycl. 1: 496 (1785)
Bryonia micrantha	Hochst. ex Cogn.	Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 623. 1881 [Jun 1881]
Bryonia micropoda	E.Mey.	Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Dokum. : 169 (1844)
Bryonia obtusa	A.Rich.	Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 288 (1848)
Bryonia rottleri	Spreng.	Syst. Veg. 3: 15 (1826)
Bryonia scabra	Rottler ex Wight & Arn.	Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 345. 1834 [10 Oct 1834]
Coccinia cordifolia	Cogn.	Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 529. 1881 [Jun 1881]
Bryonia scabrella	L.f.	Suppl. Pl. : 424 (1782)
Mukia scabrella	Arn.	J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 276 (1841)

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Language	Common/alternative name
Hausa	gautan zomo
Malayalam	മുക്കാപ്പിരി
Tamil	முசுமுசுக்கை
Chinese	帽儿瓜

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Native

Africa click to expand
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya
  - Tanzania
  - Uganda
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad
  - Eritrea
  - Ethiopia
  - Sudan
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola
  - Malawi
  - Mozambique
  - Zambia
  - Zimbabwe
- Southern Africa
  - Kwazulu-Natal
  - Northern Provinces
  - Swaziland
- West Tropical Africa
  - Benin
  - Burkina
  - Gambia
  - Guinea
  - Guinea-Bissau
  - Ivory Coast
  - Mali
  - Mauritania
  - Niger
  - Nigeria
  - Senegal
  - Sierra Leone
  - Togo
- West-central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi
  - Cameroon
  - Central African Republic
  - Congo
  - Gabon
  - Rwanda
  - Zaïre
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar

Asia-temperate click to expand
- Arabian Peninsula
  - Oman
- China
  - China South-central
  - China Southeast
- Eastern Asia
  - Nansei-shoto
  - Taiwan

Asia-tropical click to expand
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam
  - Bangladesh
  - East Himalaya
  - India
  - Nepal
  - Pakistan
  - Sri Lanka
- Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands
  - Cambodia
  - Myanmar
  - Nicobar Nicobar
  - Thailand
  - Vietnam
- Malesia
  - Borneo
  - Jawa
  - Lesser Sunda Islands
  - Malaya
  - Philippines
  - Sulawesi
  - Sumatera
- Papuasia
  - New Guinea
  - Solomon Islands

Australasia click to expand
- Australia
  - Northern Territory
  - Queensland
  - South Australia
  - Western Australia

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000628908
Tropicos	9200869
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:292230-1
Open Tree Of Life	741890
NCBI Taxonomy	386199
IPNI	292230-1
iNaturalist	344962
GBIF	3625397
USDA GRIN	12563
Wikipedia	Cucumis_maderaspatanus

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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

Green synthesis, characterization and applications of Phyllanthus emblica fruit extract mediated chromium oxide nanoparticles

Fatima E, Arooj I, Javeed M, Yin J

Discov Nano

16-Apr-2024

PMCID:	PMC11019192
doi:	10.1186/s11671-024-04006-8
PMID:	38625606

Folk Knowledge and Perceptions about the Use of Wild Fruits and Vegetables–Cross-Cultural Knowledge in the Pipli Pahar Reserved Forest of Okara, Pakistan

Jabeen S, Arshad F, Harun N, Waheed M, Alamri S, Haq SM, Vitasović-Kosić I, Fatima K, Chaudhry AS, Bussmann RW

Plants (Basel)

14-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10974405
doi:	10.3390/plants13060832
PMID:	38592859

Mitigation of behavioral deficits and cognitive impairment by antioxidant and neuromodulatory potential of Mukia madrespatana in D-galactose treated rats

Samad N, Azdee MA, Imran I, Ahmad T, Alqahtani F

Saudi J Biol Sci

15-Jun-2023

PMCID:	PMC10320603
doi:	10.1016/j.sjbs.2023.103708
PMID:	37415861

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Senthilnathan S, Jayaraman S, Priya Veeraraghavan V, Masood Khan J, Ahmed MZ, Ahmad A, Gnanamani A

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01-Jun-2023

PMCID:	PMC10276281
doi:	10.1016/j.sjbs.2023.103700
PMID:	37333677

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Maher S, Nisar S, Aslam SM, Saleem F, Behlil F, Imran M, Assiri MA, Nouroz A, Naheed N, Khan ZA, Aslam P

ACS Omega

25-Apr-2023

PMCID:	PMC10173346
doi:	10.1021/acsomega.2c07621
PMID:	37179630

Biosynthesis of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Using Phytochemical Compounds

Zuhrotun A, Oktaviani DJ, Hasanah AN

Molecules

05-Apr-2023

PMCID:	PMC10096681
doi:	10.3390/molecules28073240
PMID:	37050004

Pest categorisation of Paracoccus marginatus

Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Grégoire J, Malumphy C, Kertesz V, Maiorano A, MacLeod A

EFSA J

31-Mar-2023

PMCID:	PMC10064853
doi:	10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7899
PMID:	37009439

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Parmanik A, Das S, Kar B, Bose A, Dwivedi GR, Pandey MM

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03-Nov-2022

PMCID:	PMC9633024
doi:	10.1007/s00284-022-03061-7
PMID:	36329256

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Zohra T, Khalil AT, Saeed F, Latif B, Salman M, Ikram A, Ayaz M, Murthy HC

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08-Aug-2022

PMCID:	PMC9377959
doi:	10.1155/2022/3994340
PMID:	35979184

Characterization and Evaluation of Antimicrobial Potential of Trigonella incise (Linn) Mediated Biosynthesized Silver Nanoparticles

Fozia F, Ahmad N, Buoharee ZA, Ahmad I, Aslam M, Wahab A, Ullah R, Ahmad S, Alotaibi A, Tariq A

Molecules

20-Jul-2022

PMCID:	PMC9315474
doi:	10.3390/molecules27144618
PMID:	35889490

Phytochemical Composition and Bioassay on Iranian Teucrium Polium Extracts against Anopheles Stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae)

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J Arthropod Borne Dis

30-Jun-2022

PMCID:	PMC10082410
doi:	10.18502/jad.v16i2.11804
PMID:	37038505

Dynamic Variation of Amino Acid Contents and Identification of Sterols in Xinyang Mao Jian Green Tea

Sun M, Yang F, Hou W, Jiang S, Yang R, Zhang W, Chen M, Yan Y, Tian Y, Yuan H

Molecules

01-Jun-2022

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PMID:	35684499

Antioxidant, antifungal, and aphicidal activity of the triterpenoids spinasterol and 22,23-dihydrospinasterol from leaves of Citrullus colocynthis L.

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Sci Rep

22-Mar-2022

PMCID:	PMC8940894
doi:	10.1038/s41598-022-08999-z
PMID:	35318417

Green Nanotechnology: Plant-Mediated Nanoparticle Synthesis and Application

Khan F, Shariq M, Asif M, Siddiqui MA, Malan P, Ahmad F

Nanomaterials (Basel)

17-Feb-2022

PMCID:	PMC8878231
doi:	10.3390/nano12040673
PMID:	35215000

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Yohimbine alkaloids
methyl (1S,3R,4R,4aS,5aS,6R,10aR)-3-hydroxy-1-methyl-2'-oxospiro[1,3,4,4a,5,5a,7,8,10,10a-decahydropyrano[3,4-f]indolizine-6,3'-1H-indole]-4-carboxylate	162997621	Click to see CC1C2CN3CCC4(C3CC2C(C(O1)O)C(=O)OC)C5=CC=CC=C5NC4=O	386.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(73)80527-8
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Naphthopyrans
(2S,4AR,6aR,7R,10R,10aS,10bS)-2-(furan-3-yl)-7-hydroxy-6a,10b-dimethyl-4a,5,6,6a,7,10,10a,10b-octahydro-1H-10,7-(epoxymethano)benzo[f]isochromene-4,12(2H)-dione	442015	Click to see CC12CCC3C(=O)OC(CC3(C1C4C=CC2(C(=O)O4)O)C)C5=COC=C5	358.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(73)80527-8

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Cucumis maderaspatanus

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Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

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