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Internal ID UUID64405c24a5545671493755
Scientific name Cucumis metulifer
Authority E.Mey. ex Naudin
First published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 4, 11: 10 (1859)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Cucumis tinneanus Kotschy & Peyr. Pl. Tinn. : 17 (1867)
Cucumis metuliferus E.Mey. ex Schrad. Linnaea 12(4): 406. 1838 [Apr-Sep 1838] , nomen.

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Language Common/alternative name
English african horned cucumber
English spiked melon
English kiwano
English horned melon
Spanish kiwano
Arabic كيوانو
Azerbaijani kivano
Bulgarian кивано
Bosnian kiwano
Catalan cogombret banyut
Czech kiwano
German horngurke
German kiwano
German hornmelone
Greek Κιουάνο
Esperanto pikilhava kukumo
Persian خیار آفریقایی
Finnish savimeloni
Finnish sarvimeloni
Finnish kiwano
Finnish hyytelömeloni
Finnish kivakurkku
French kiwano
Croatian kiwano
Indonesian melon tanduk
Italian kiwano
Japanese キワノ
Japanese ツノメロン
Japanese ツノニガウリ
Kazakh Кивано
Korean 키와노
mdf Кивано
Malayalam മുള്ളൻ കക്കിരി
mni ꯀꯤꯋꯥꯅꯣ
Norwegian Bokmål kiwano
Dutch kiwano
Dutch gehoornde meloen
Dutch stekelaugurk
Norwegian Nynorsk kiwano
Polish kiwano
Polish ogórek kiwano
Portuguese pepino africano
Portuguese kiwano
Romanian kiwano
Russian Кивано
Russian Рогатая дыня
Russian африканский огурец
Russian огурец африканский
Serbo-Croatian kiwano
Slovak uhorka rohatá
Slovenian kivano
Swedish kiwano
Swahili mkiwano
Turkish kivano
Turkish kiwano
Turkish afrika boynuzlu kavunu
Ukrainian Ківано
Uzbek kiwano
yi הארן מעלאן
Chinese 火参果
Chinese 刺角瓜

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Guinea
      • Ivory Coast
      • Liberia
      • Niger
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Gabon
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001301073
Florida Plant Atlas 323
Flora of Alabama 1665
USDA Plants CUME3
Tropicos 9200854
INPN 853003
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:116468-3
The Plant List kew-2747009
Observations.org 314930
NCBI Taxonomy 61886
Nature Serve 2.145176
IPNI 116468-3
iNaturalist 126238
GBIF 2874577
Freebase /m/04kzg8
EPPO CUMMT
EOL 488083
Elurikkus 659499
USDA GRIN 12574
Wikipedia Cucumis_metuliferus
The Plant List tro-9200854
GBIF 4939927

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Importance of Certain Varieties of Cucurbits in Enhancing Health: A Review Romo-Tovar J, Belmares Cerda R, Chávez-González ML, Rodríguez-Jasso RM, Lozano-Sepulveda SA, Govea-Salas M, Loredo-Treviño A Foods 09-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11048896
doi:10.3390/foods13081142
PMID:38672815
An improved folate stable isotope dilution assay of unexploited food sources from Brazil Obermaier L, da Mata BP, Perego CH, Sivieri K, Salgaço MK, dos Santos AG, Boehni R, Groehn V, Knapp JP, Rychlik M Front Nutr 05-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10508286
doi:10.3389/fnut.2023.1252497
PMID:37731402
Editorial: Advances in integrated disease management (IDM) for soil-borne plant pathogens: innovative approaches and underlying action mechanism at molecular level Khan RA Front Plant Sci 31-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10501771
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1256979
PMID:37719224
Variation and stability of rhizosphere bacterial communities of Cucumis crops in association with root-knot nematodes infestation Song L, Ping X, Mao Z, Zhao J, Yang Y, Li Y, Xie B, Ling J Front Plant Sci 30-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10266268
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1163271
PMID:37324672
Rapid selection of potyviral cross‐protection effective mutants from the local lesion host after nitrous acid mutagenesis Goh R, Xie X, Lin Y, Cheng H, Raja JA, Yeh S Mol Plant Pathol 09-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10346369
doi:10.1111/mpp.13346
PMID:37158451
Melon diversity on the Silk Road by molecular phylogenetic analysis in Kazakhstan melons Tanaka K, Sugiyama M, Shigita G, Murakami R, Duong TT, Aierken Y, Artemyeva AM, Mamypbelov Z, Ishikawa R, Nishida H, Kato K Breed Sci 25-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10316308
doi:10.1270/jsbbs.22030
PMID:37404344
Comprehensive analysis of the WRKY gene family in Cucumis metuliferus and their expression profile in response to an early stage of root knot nematode infection Ling J, Liu R, Hao Y, Li Y, Ping X, Yang Q, Yang Y, Lu X, Xie B, Zhao J, Mao Z Front Plant Sci 20-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10067755
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1143171
PMID:37021316
Crop rotation with Meloidogyne-resistant germplasm is useful to manage and revert the (a)virulent populations of Mi1.2 gene and reduce yield losses Fullana AM, Expósito A, Escudero N, Cunquero M, Loza-Alvarez P, Giné A, Sorribas FJ Front Plant Sci 15-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10050879
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1133095
PMID:37008463
A Review on the Potential Bioactive Components in Fruits and Vegetable Wastes as Value-Added Products in the Food Industry ‘Aqilah NM, Rovina K, Felicia WX, Vonnie JM Molecules 14-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10052168
doi:10.3390/molecules28062631
PMID:36985603
Multiple Organic Contaminants Determination Including Multiclass of Pesticides, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, and Brominated Flame Retardants in Portuguese Kiwano Fruits by Gas Chromatography Fernandes VC, Podlasiak M, Vieira EF, Rodrigues F, Grosso C, Moreira MM, Delerue-Matos C Foods 26-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC10000518
doi:10.3390/foods12050993
PMID:36900510
Community-Level Incentive Mechanisms for the Conservation of Crop Wild Relatives: A Malawi Case Study Drucker AG, Mponya NK, Grazioli F, Maxted N, Brehm JM, Dulloo E Plants (Basel) 24-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC10005345
doi:10.3390/plants12051030
PMID:36903889
Testing Explant Sources, Culture Media, and Light Conditions for the Improvement of Organogenesis in Pinus ponderosa (P. Lawson and C. Lawson) Rojas-Vargas A, Castander-Olarieta A, do Nascimento AM, Vélez ML, Pereira C, Martins J, Zuzarte M, Canhoto J, Montalbán IA, Moncaleán P Plants (Basel) 14-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9966710
doi:10.3390/plants12040850
PMID:36840199
Antimalarial activity of the 80%methanol extract and solvent fractions of Cucumis ficifolius A. rich roots against Plasmodium berghei in mice Bizuneh GK, Tadege G, Sirak B, Gurmu AE, Adamu BA, Tefera AM, Anagaw YK Heliyon 11-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9958454
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13690
PMID:36852070
The Temperature Influence on Drying Kinetics and Physico-Chemical Properties of Pomegranate Peels and Seeds Wanderley RD, de Figueirêdo RM, Queiroz AJ, dos Santos FS, Paiva YF, Ferreira JP, de Lima AG, Gomes JP, Costa CC, da Silva WP, Santos DD, Maracajá PB Foods 07-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9857956
doi:10.3390/foods12020286
PMID:36673378
Volatile organic compounds shape belowground plant–fungi interactions Duc NH, Vo HT, van Doan C, Hamow KÁ, Le KH, Posta K Front Plant Sci 06-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9763900
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.1046685
PMID:36561453

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